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Pittsburgh: Printed by W.S. Haven, 1866. viii, [9]-182pp. Bound in publisher's black blindstamped cloth with gilt title on front board [some extremity wear, rear inner hinge cracked, lacks rear endpapers]. Scattered foxing, first few pages damped. Narrow tears at blank outer margins of pages 141-144. Good+. Johann Rapp founded the Harmony Society, a Christian theosophy and pietist society, in Germany in 1785. Persecuted by the Lutheran Church and the government, he moved the group to the United States in 1803. Rapp's followers were called Harmonists or Rappites. They settled in Pennsylvania for a time, relocated to Indiana for several years, and eventually resettled in Pennsylvania in a town they named Economy after the idea of Divine Economy. Rapp led the commune, with all property held in common and celibacy required. Eventually, as seems inevitable for Utopian societies, arguments erupted, schisms followed, and the Society splintered. This book gives a detailed history of the Society, its…
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THE HARMONY SOCIETY AT ECONOMY, PENN'A. Founded by George Rapp, A. D. 1805. With an Appendix.
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Pittsburgh, (PA): W.S. Haven, 1866. First edition. 12mo. 182 pp. "In form the society was a communistic theocracy, with Rapp the actual dictator. His religious teachings were those of Lutheran pietism heavily overlaid with a millenarianism derived from Bengal and Jung-Stilling, a fantastic interpretation of Swedenborg, various minor features of Boehme and other mystics, and the practice of celibacy ... one of the most successful [American communistic societies]" (DAB). Inscribed on the front endpaper "John B. Peebles Esq. / with sincere regards / of the Author." Howes W-445: "Includes a chapter on this Society's earlier establishment in Indiana." Adams Radical Literature in America, p. 40: "It is the best account available of one of the most successful communistic societies in America." Streeter sale 4278 ($325). Very good. Original gilt- stamped black cloth (spine ends a little chipped). (#6191).
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