02635cam a2200469Mu 4500 ocn900344417 OCoLC 20200709060315.0 m d cr cnu---unuuu 150117s1985 kyu o 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng EBLCP N$T 9780813148717 electronic bk. 0813148715 electronic bk. (OCoLC)900344417 938071 (N$T) BX9793.B97 REL 094000 bisacsh 289/.8/0924 19 N$TA Byrd, William S., 1806-1829. Letters from a Young Shaker [electronic resource] : William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill ; edited by Stephen J. Stein. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, 2015. 1 online resource (176 p.) Description based upon print version of record. Includes index. Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Introduction; The Letters of William S. Byrd to Charles Willing Byrd; Appendixes; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y In the early nineteenth century, a young man belonging to the prominent Byrd family of Virginia, the grandson of William Byrd III, took up residence in the Shaker community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Over the next two years, 1826--1828, he wrote a series of letters to his father, a federal judge in Ohio, describing his experiences and his impressions of the United Society of Believers, as the Shakers were formally called. Eventually, William S. Byrd became a convert to the society and an advocate of its beliefs and practices. His letters -- cut short by his father's death -- offer today's rea. Byrd, William S., 1806-1829. Shakers Kentucky Pleasant Hill Correspondence. Pleasant Hill (Ky.) History. RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations bisacsh Electronic books. Stein, Stephen J., 1940- Print version: Byrd, William S. Letters from a Young Shaker : William S. Byrd at Pleasant Hill Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky,c2015 9780813115429 http://public.eblib.com/choice/PublicFullRecord.aspx?p=1915041 Ebook Library EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938071 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1915041 EBSCOhost EBSC 938071 cpp91024 02 N$T 55912 55912