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8 Sept 1828 Harriet Copley died.
19 Sept John V.N. Yates came to make arrangements for Shaker defense against
NYS mi I itia laws.
1 Qct Elder Aaron /X>^K released, David Hawkins in with Albert Twiss.

2 Oct The young brethren subject to military duty signed the covenant of
Lebanon's East Family to make them subject-to laws of Massachusetts.

14 Oct Sarah Bucked led. 3^*-<. > '
Deacons from Enfield, NH on their way to Port Bay to pay for the
lands which they have purchased there. Taking a considerable
amount of cloth and clothingn to Port Bay Society.

30 Dec Aina^McDoIe died, aged 20-5-26 of consumption.

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1829
9 Feb Lucy Annas takes her daughter Fidelia to Cazenovia, out of Shakers.

18 Apr Cel ia^O'Connor died at' SF. AJ ^3 _ _>

30 Apr Ezekia I ' Copley replaced at SF by Ol i ver'^Prentiss .

2 June Jason- Harwood died. #JL */ 1- 5-
3 July (Fri) "This morning about 6:30 Eleazar Wright (alias Richard McNemar)
arrived at our Office. He had landed at Schenectady about 1 a.m.
in the company of Eldress Rachel Johnson, Lucy Smith and Prudence
Morrel I from Union Village, Ohio on his way to Lebanon."

6 July Elder Bro David Hawkins accompanied the Ohio group (minus Lucy)
to Lebanon.

2Q/ Aug Hannah Tremble taken to Schenectady to meet Hugh McDo I e who left
last night, they having agreed to withdraw from the Society and
try the world. . ."

8 Sept Eleazar Wright and Eldress Rachel Johnson on way back to Ohio.
FSWicker and David Miller accompanied them on canal to Rochester.
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6 Oct Reuben Treadway after nearly 7 years living with the Shakers with
his whole family, "has turned himself into a Deist, rejecting all
Divine revelation and gone to the beggarly element." Left 4 children
at OF.
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1 Nov Freegift, David Miller, Benjamin Train, FSWicker and CTCopley
attended a court martial at Jonas Years ley's. J. VJSU Yates was
counsel for the brethren. FSWicker spoke for those brethren who
did not appear to answer for themselves. "After much haughty and
arbitrary conduct and a great display of ignorance and supercilious
contempt -of the pleas of conscience and non-violence, the super-
sagacious court fined four of the brethen $4 each."
16 Dec Fanny Shearman died after a short sickness, fat