Byrd, William S.,  1806-1829. <br/><br/>
Letters from a Young Shaker  William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill ; edited by Stephen J. Stein.  [electronic resource] : 

 - Lexington :  The University Press of Kentucky,  2015. 
 - 1 online resource (176 p.) 
<br/><br/> Description based upon print version of record.  Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; The Letters of William S. Byrd to Charles Willing Byrd; Appendixes; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y 
<br/><br/> In the early nineteenth century, a young man belonging to the prominent Byrd family of Virginia, the grandson of William Byrd III, took up residence in the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Over the next two years, 1826--1828, he wrote a series of letters to his father, a federal judge in Ohio, describing his experiences and his impressions of the United Society of Believers, as the Shakers were formally called. Eventually, William S. Byrd became a convert to the society and an advocate of its beliefs and practices. His letters -- cut short by his father's death -- offer today's rea. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780813148717 0813148715 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Byrd, William S., 1806-1829. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Shakers--Kentucky--Pleasant Hill--Correspondence.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Pleasant Hill (Ky.)--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX9793.B97 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>289/.8/0924