The Shakers.
1784. The people in the Western part of this State, who stile themselves Shaking Quakers, have of late (it is said) utterly disclaimed the use of any kind of garment when engaged in their religious exercises.—Mass. Spy, Jan. 1.
1785. A Cause brought by a Miss Eggleston against one Reuben Rathbun, an exhorter among the people called Shaking Quakers, for defaming her.—Id., July 7.
1785. Died at Nesqueunia about three weeks since, the woman who has been at the head of the sect called Shaking Quakers, and has assumed the title of the Elect Lady.—Massachusetts Centinel, Oct. 2.
1787. The tenets of the community are set forth in the American Museum, i. 148–50.
