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Village:Canterbury, NH Source:bios:233Search: Full Last First
id 233 firstname Florence E. lastname Phelps birthyr 1879 bio Phelps, Florence E., of Canterbury, NH, sister to Bertha Lillian, was born in Roxbury, MA, in 1879. She entered the Society in 1893, and signed the covenant seven years later. She worked in the Dwelling House kitchen, assisted in harvesting the fruits and vegetables, and worked in the laundry. Her poem: "Her New Year Message," written in 1920, survives. She left the Shakers in 1922, but wrote to THE WORLD OF SHAKER as late as the summer of 1975 (about" The Making Of A Shaker Bonnef'). villageplus Canterbury. NH
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