Search Results: noyesism unveiled a history of the by eastman hubbard rev

Brattleboro, VT: Self Published. Very Good-. 1849. First Edition. Original cloth. A handsome first edition bound in original cloth with rubbed edges and corners, two bookplates (one from the Spokane Public Library and the second, a personal bookplate, from the library of S. G. Kellogg) and soiling to front pastedown, and a Spokane Public Library stamp to the title page. Appendix. Original decorative cloth; John Humphrey Noyes was the founder of this sect which was the precursor of the Oneida Community. Noyeists were revivalists more than socialists, and so they continued till after their transfer to central New York. Hinds: American Communities pp. 144-172. When Noyes deserted his followers, Rev. Eastman had had enough. When the excitement died down, he published this rare expose; Ex-Library; 12mo; [i-iii] iv-viii [ix] x-xii, [13] 14-432 pages; GinsID1421; NOYESISM UNVEILED: A HISTORY OF THE SET SELF-STYLED PERFECTIONISTS; WITH A SUMMARY VIEW OF THEIR LEADING DOCTRINES. Brattleboro, the… Read More

Brattleboro: by the author, 1849. First edition, 8vo, pp. 432; original brown cloth, lettered in gilt on spine; some wear to extremities, spine ends cracked; a handsome copy. Eastman (1809-1891), a Methodist clergyman in Putney, VT, rails against the religious views of John Humphrey Noyes and the practices Noyes championed in Oneida community.

Brattleboro: by the Author, 1849. Some browning.. Octavo, a fine copy in blind-stamped publisher's cloth, gilt title on spine. First edition: a lurid denunciation of John Humphrey Noyes's famous American utopian community at Putney. Noyes was the charismatic founder of the 'Perfectionist' community in Putney Vermont. Already suspect to Church authorities, Noyes's belief that the Second Coming had taken place was controversial, and his rejection of monogamy in favour of a rigorously controlled 'complex' of marriages, infamous. Noyesism Unveiled, by the otherwise unknown writer Hubbard Eastman, resident of Putney, was one of the key texts designed, as Eastman admitted with alliterative elan, to 'exhibit the pernicious principles propagated by Mr. Noyes and his coadjutors.' Indeed, the outraged locals did compel the Perfectionists to move, which led to the founding of the famous community in Oneida, New York. Oneida flourished for over thirty years, and although it continued to be accused of free love… Read More