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Shakers End Era as Celibate Commune Falters in New England
The United Society of Believers at Sabbathday Lake Maine and Canterbury New Hampshire nearing the end of the Shaker experiment begun in 1774. Leadership decline and lack of new male members hasten closure as surviving sisters face a divided future.
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Bill Kovach
New York Times
Sabbathday Lake
New England
Canterbury
N. H
United Society of Believers
Shakers
France
England
Ann Lee
Manchester
Watervliet
N. Y
New Lebanon
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Maine
Connecticut
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Theodore Johnson
Boston
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