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April 15, 1846

THE SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE, Putney, Vermont, April 15, 1846 

* Rare title
* Volume 1 Number 2 issue


This was the first periodical of what would become the famed Oneida Community, this issue being volume 1 number 2.
This community, called "Perfectionists", was founded by John Humphrey Noyes. He established a "Bible family" in which all should be perfectly equal, worldly goods should be held in common, and those who were married should renounce their marriage ties and a "complex marriage" should be set up. In 1847 Noyes was arrested for adultery. Upon release he immediately left Vermont & went on to lead America’s first communal society – the Oneida Community.
Sixteen pages, never bound nor trimmed, 6 1/4 by 9 1/4 inches, good condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War