Gleanings from Old Shaker Journals

Table of contents

• Title Page iii
• Preface v
• Contents vii
• Illustrations ix
• Introduction xi
• I - Shadrack Ireland and the Square House 1
• II - The Origin of the Shakers 5
• III - Ann Lee 9
• IV - The Voyage and Landing 16
• V - The Settlement in the Wilderness 20
• VI - Mother Ann Tells of Her Sufferings 25
• VII - Sowing the Seed 32
• VIII - The Arrival at the Square House 36
• IX - Mother Ann's Ministration 44
• X - How Jemima Blanchard Became a Shaker Sister 50
• XI - Harvard Hostility to the Shakers 59
• XII - Describing the Appearance of Mother Ann, Father William, and Father James 64
• XIII - The Journey to Enfield and Back 72
• XIV - Driving the Out-Of-Town Shakers From Harvard 80
• XV - Visit to the Harvard Shakers in 1782 By Governor Plummer of New Hampshire 92
• XVI - A Respite at the Square House 96
• XVII - The Mob at Elijah Wilds's 105
• XVIII - The Final Exit from Harvard 115
• XIX - The Last Days 149
• XX - Father James's Short Ministry And Early Death 159
• XXI - The Vindication of Mother Ann's Character 167
• XXII - The Gathering of the Church at Harvard 176
• XXIII - The Revival of 1807 187
• XXIV - The Wave of Mystic Symbolism 199
• XXV - The Harvard Shaker Industries 222
• XXVI - The Herb Department 249
• XXVII - Manners and Customs 257
• XXVIII - The Philosophers at Fruitlands And The Shakers 262
• XXIX - Harvard Recollections 273
• XXX - Who Was Leoline? 278
• Conclusion 285
• Appendix 289

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