Shakers: A Correspondence Between Mary F. C. of Mt. Holly City and a Shaker Sister, Sarah L. of Union Village. Edited by R. W. Pelham, Union Village, Ohio
Cincinnati: P.T. Schultz, 1869. First edition. Wraps. Very scarce. Pamphlet in light violet printed wrappers. 24 pp. with the wood cut "Family Dwelling" on the final page. In fine, clean condition. From the "To The Reader" introduction: "The following correspondence grew out of a visit , made September 5th, 1867, by a very respectable and pious OUTSIDE SISTER, Mary F. C. [Carr], to one of the families at Union Village; during the short time she stayed...she was waited on my one of the Shaker sisters, Sarah L. [Lucas]...". Mary F. Carr was a schoolmistress at Mt. Holly, New Jersey. WorldCat locates only two copies in book form, and only one of this, the 1869 printing. fine. Item #E18620B
Price: $300.00