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.
TROY
PRINTED B2- PARKER AND BLISS.
vein AT THE TROY BOOKSTORE; BY WEBSTERS AND SKINNERS-
ALBANY; AND BY S. WOOD, NEW-YORK.
1812"