Spencer Klaw wrote a book about the "life and death" of this group, which was rebelled against in its later years by William Towner and William Hinds.
Spencer Klaw wrote a book about the "life and death" of this group, which was rebelled against in its later years by William Towner and William Hinds. Important members included Mary Cragin and especially Sewell Newhouse, who invented a miraculous steel trap. Its leader detailed his views in a book called The Berean, believed in something he called "stirpiculture," and edited The Circular along with the mother of his son Pierrepont. He first established the Putney Community before being chased out of Vermont and espoused ideas like ascending fellowship, mutual criticism, and free love. FTP, name this group of Bible communists led by John Humphrey Noyes who founded a utopian society in New York and later produced some silverware.
Spencer Klaw wrote a book about the "life and death" of this group, which was rebelled against in its later years by William Towner and William Hinds.
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