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                                                                                                       118.
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<b>9  Sept</b>     Visit   West    Family,    7  men,    20  women.     No   Elder    here.
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                                "A  sad   state    of  society     here;   insubordination         &  want   of
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                                enterprise      both   temporal     and   spiritual     reigns     supreme."
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                                Francis     Pennybac^ker     leads    meetings;     Win,  Pennybaker      is  MD.
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<b>11  Sept</b>     Visit    North   Family.       20  men,   12  women,     "a   lovely
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                                &  efficient      lot   of  elders;    family     appears    quite    prosperous.
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<b>12  Sept</b>     Visit    West   Lot,   the   Swede    family,    7  men,    12  sis-
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                                ters.     A  large    share    of  those   who   came    over   from   Sweden
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                                went   back    again;    some   moved    to  other    fqamilies     and   are
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                                doing    well.
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<b>15  Sept</b>     Ministry     spent    all   day  with    Kentucky     Ministry     &
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                                Wm.   Pennybaker,      trials    &  grievances      on   all  sides,     closed
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                                by  advising     William     to  move    as  requested.
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                                Family    engaged     in  broom    corn   harvest     "with   hired     darkies
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                                entirely."
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<b>16  Sept</b>    Spend   day   at  West    Family    ,  laboring     with   Pennybakers.
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                                "A  hard    feeling    of   prejudice     strongly     prevails     herjfe."
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<b>20   Sept</b>    Leave    Pleasant     Hill.     Go  to   South   Union.      B o t h / * - \s
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                                When   recover,     spend    time   laboring     with    individuals.
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<b>2  Oct</b>   Finally    able    to  visit    families.
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<b>3  Oct";</b>  East    Family    "in   a  low  &  broken    condition      for   want   of
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                                a  more   efficient      leadership;      little    enterprise,       little    thrift,
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                                little    spiritual      gift,   and,    of  course,     little    protection."
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<b>4  Oct</b>   Visit    North   or   Gathering     Family,     12  males,    20   females.
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                                Appears     in  tolerably      good   condition,      is  well   disciplined.
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<b>5  Oct</b>    Visit    little    West   Fami^ly,       One   young   man,    named    John
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                                Crack    &  5  sisters    are   located    here,"   just    to  keep   out   the
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                                Negroes.       They   are   not  at   present     trying    to  build    up  this
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                                place."
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<b>12   Oct</b>    Want   to  start    home   but   sisters     too  ill,    so  Elder
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                                Daniel    &  Giles    go  alone    to  Union    Village    .where   they    plan   to
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                                wait   for   them.     Sisters     come   on   16th.     Leave   on   20th   and
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                                go   to  Economy,     Pa.    Visit    village    here    & Father     George    Rapp's
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                                house.      Left   on  23d,   went    to  Pittsburgh,       to   Philadelphia
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                                where    they   visited     "the   colored     sisters'    home"      Found    visi-
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                                tors   from    Hancock;      visited     around    city;    group   arrived     from
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                                Canterbury      so  on   29th,    Sunday,    meeting     had   23  Shakers    present.
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<b>30   Oct</b>    Leave   for   NYC,   next    day   take   boat   for   Albany.
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<b>1  Nov</b>        Back    at  Wvlt.     Elder    Nathaniel's      report    of  NF   conditions      is
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                                very   distressing;       there    is  much   want    of  harmony     & protection.
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<b>3  Nov</b>        Meet   with    CF  elders    &  arrange     to  send   off   two   very   bad   boys.
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                                Conditions      of  society     in  CF   is  distressing.
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<b>4  Nov</b>         Elder    Daniel    &    Giles   spend    day   at  NF  in   labors    with   indi-
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                                viduals ;    constant     trouble     financially.
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                                CF  &  W;F making     cider    & boiling     for   sauce;    SF  clearing      new
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                                land   of   stumps.
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<b>6  Nov</b>        A  1'ong   talk   with   C.  Copley;     he  wants    to  resign.      Then    Elder
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                                B&Baisajsto--t-B6re--o=fee=^^
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                                DAB   wants    to  oppose    a  proposition      we   had  made    to  move   Josiah
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                                Barker    from   NF.     Giles   goes    to  SF  to   see   Elder   Galen    &  Bro
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                                Chauncey     about    Josiah    moving    there.
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