FREDERICK WILLIAM EVANS
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An American lecturer and writer; born at Bromyard or Leominster, England, June 9, 1808; removed to the United States in 1820; died in Mt. Lebanon, N.Y., March 6, 1893; joined the United Society of Believers (Shakers) at Mt. Lebanon, N. Y., in 1830. His works deal with the history and doctrines of that sect. The best known are: "Compendium of the Origin, History, and Doctrines of Shakers" (1859); "Autobiography of a Shaker" (1869); "Shaker Communism" (1871).
By Charles Dudley Warner
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