The Vault at Pfaff's

An Archive of Art and Literature by the Bohemians of Antebellum New York

Mrs. Ross Visits the Shakers

Ross, Mehitabel Anonymous. "Mrs. Ross Visits the Shakers." Vanity Fair, August 31, 1861, 106.
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Type
magazine
Genre
letter to the editor
Abstract

The pious and stolid manner of the Shakers doesn't appeal to the letter-writer. She even tries to persuade a young man to leave the community and join the Army.