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¬ 157 ¬ index acquittance (marital), 10 An Account of the Conduct of the Shakers (Van Vleet, 1818), 14 An Account of the Shakers (E. Chapman , 1817), 11 advertisement, runaway wife, 5–6, 9, 40, 84, 90 affidavits, 7, 19, 24; in A Brief Statement , 46–53; in A Compendious Narrative, 110–32; J. Dyer’s response to, 104–5, 109–10 Allen, Diarca, as certifier of deposition, 130 anti-Shakerism, 7; M. Dyer as symbol of, 14; narratives, 16–18; strategies, 14, 16–17 apostate authors, 16–18, 22. See also anti-Shakerism Baily, Christopher, 151n31; affidavit of, 46 Baily, Ward, affidavit of, 46 Baldwin, Nathan, affidavit of, 47 Barker, John, 139 Barnard, Silvanus, 60 Bishop, John, affidavit of, 129 Blackburn, Absolem, 22 Blake, Benjamin, 61 Blake, Joseph, 60 Bowden, Abigail, affidavit of, 129–30 Brainard, Brazilla, affidavit of, 47 A Brief Statement (M. Dyer, 1818): as commodity, 13, 25; J. Dyer’s response to, 94–103; narrative structure , 18–19; publication of, 13–15 Brown, Thomas, 17–18 Brown, William, affidavit of, 119 Brownson, Samuel, affidavit of, 119–20 Burton, Pierce, 120 captivity narratives, 11, 18 celibacy: and Dyers’ marriage, 19, 32, 69–70, 74–75, 94, 96, 117, 121; and Shakers, 14, 35–37, 44 Chapman, Eunice Hawley, 10–14, 22– 23, 147n34; and mob at Enfield, 12. See also An Account of the Shakers Chapman, James, 10–12, 40, 42–43, 88; Memorial (1817), 11 Chase, Paul, 61 children: Shaker treatment of, 19, 37, 39, 43–44, 68, 119–20, 130–31, 137. See also Dyer children Childs, Lovicy, affidavit of, 125 Choate, Benjamin, 61 Colby, Rowel, Jr., 61 A Compendious Narrative (J. Dyer, 1819): publication of, xii, 15; second edition, 25 Conant, George, 127 coverture, doctrine of, 5 Crooker, Lemuel, 3, 31, 71–76, 113–14, 149n2, 152n5, 155n30 Currier, Daniel, 60 Currier, Henry, 61 Currier, Nathan, 60 Currier, Richard, 61 Currier, Richard, 3rd, 60 Curtis, Sarah, 81–82, 96, 98, 122, 153n17; affidavit of, 110–13 158 ¬ index Curtis, Susannah, 72; affidavit of, 113–14 Dickenson, Gideon, 61 divorce, 15–16, 22, 24; Dyers’, 24, 57; Chapmans’, 12, 23, 147n34; narratives of, 15–16; in New Hampshire, 9, 24 Draper, Nathaniel, 139; affidavit of, 130 Dyer, Betsey, 33, 92, 95–96, 124, 129– 30, 150n9, 150n12, 152n7, 154n26, 156n45; affidavit of, 131–32 Dyer, Caleb (Marshall), 33, 124, 150n9, 150n12, 155–56n44; affidavit of, 130–31 Dyer, Elisha, affidavit of, 47, 115 Dyer, Jerrub, 33, 98, 124, 150n9, 150n12, 156n45 Dyer, Joseph: advertisement of Mary, 5–6, 9, 40, 84, 90, 124; and childcare , 67–68, 72; death of, 25; debt 76, 89–90, 100, 103, 107; divorce, 24; and drinking, 31, 94; first visit to Enfield Shakers, 3, 73; joining Shakers, 3–4, 31–32, 73–76; marriage , 3, 5, 31, 67; property of, 86, 103, 106–7, 124, 138, 155n32; youth, 3, 149–50n7 Dyer, Joseph, Jr., 4–5, 33, 38–40, 82, 98, 124, 150n9, 150n12, 156n45 Dyer, Lucy, affidavit of, 115 Dyer, Mancer, 3, 4, 147n39 Dyer, Mary Marshall: as anti-Shaker activist, 6–8, 16, 18–19, 24–25, 86, 93; death of, 25; departure from Shakers, 4–5, 36, 39–40, 80–81, 83, 121; divorce, 24, 57; joining the Shakers, 3–4, 31–32, 73–76, 95; legislative appearance, 8–9; marriage , 3, 5, 31, 67; as mother, 19, 67–68, 90–91; obituary, 26; petitions , 7–9, 13–14, 58–59, 90, 92, 102, 156n45; preaching, 34, 72, 73, 99–100, 127; siblings, 122; and spiritual marriage, 78–80, 98; youth, 3. See also A Brief Statement; A Portraiture of Shakerism; A Reply to a Review; The Rise and Progress of the Serpent; Shakerism Exposed Dyer, Orville, 33, 43–44, 68, 96, 124, 131, 150n9, 150n12, 152n1, 152n7, 156n45 Dyer children, 19, 22, 32–34, 36–37, 39, 41, 67–68, 90–92, 97–98, 124. See also individual names Eames, Jeremiah: affidavit of, 46; as certifier of depositions, 114, 115 Eames, Jeremiah, Jr., affidavit of, 47 Eames, Susanna, affidavit of, 46 Eaton, Calvin, 104–5, 151n22; affidavit of, 48–49 Evans, Edward, 42, 151n24; as certifier of depositions, 113–14, 116, 118–19, 121, 125, 127, 131–32 Fairchild, Timothy, 50 Fletcher, William, 139 Fogg, Jesse, as certifier of depositions, 52–53 Follansbee, Nathan, 60 Folsom, Stephen, 23, 61 Foster, Betsy, affidavit of, 128 Franklin, Jonathan, 129 Goodrich, Nathaniel, 60 Goss, Daniel, affidavit of, 46 Heath, John, 51–52, 60 Heath, Trueworthy, 139 Hodge, Esther, affidavit of...

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