THE SHAKER, Shakers, New York, and Shaker Village, New Hampshire, July, 1877

* Uncommon title

A monthly publication "Published By The United Societies" for folks in the Shaker community, quite famous today for the style of furniture they produced. This issue has much religious-related content.
Eight pages measuring 13 x 10 1/2 inches, a little irregular along the spine, generally in very nice condition.

Background: This July 1877 issue of The Shaker represents a rare, primary-source artifact of nineteenth-century American utopian journalism, serving as a critical connective tissue for the geographically separated United Societies from Mount Lebanon, New York, to Canterbury, New Hampshire. Its publication coincides with a poignant historical turning point: the late 1870s marked the irreversible twilight of the Shaker movement, as communities faced a sharp decline in membership following their mid-century spiritual zenith.