Account of the People Called Shakers

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. AS a-full and impartial account of the p<0ple called; Shakers, has never'yet been prefented to the publick, although the attention and inquiry of a/large portion of the community, has been excited to an unufual degree, by their novel appear ance and unexpec'fted increafe, the author of the folloyving work, has bee'n prevailed upon to give the world the refult-of his ex perience and inveftigation among them. He is confident, that their rife, tenets, and pracftices are more iingnlar (the prefent flare afifthe world, and general information Of mankind being taken'into confideratlon) than thofe of any religious feel which has taken its rife in the chriflian world fin'ce the firfi promtilga tion of the gofpel.