AN



       ACCOUNT OF THE PEOPLE

                   CALLED


           SHAKERS:

                    THEIR


FAITH, DOCTRINES, AND PRACTICE,

              EXEMPLiFIED IN THE

   LIFE, CONVERSATIONS, AND EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR
   DURING 'THE TIME HE BELONGED TO THE SOCIETY.

            TO WHICH IS AFFIXED A

HISTORY OF THEIR RISE AND PROGRESS
             TO THE PRESENT DAY.



          BY THOMAS BROWN,
     Of Cornwall, Orange County, State of New-York.



 Prove all things, hold fall to that which is good. Apofle Paul.
 An hiftorian fhould not dare to tell a falfehood, or leave a
   truth untold.                       Cicero.



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 vein AT THE TROY BOOKSTORE; BY WEBSTERS AND SKINNERS-
         ALBANY; AND BY S. WOOD, NEW-YORK.

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