A COLLECTION OF SONGS, OR, SACRED ANTHEMS, MOSTLY GIVEN BY INSPIRATION BEGINNING NOVEMBER 29TH 1840. WRITTEN FOR BETSY BATES Attributed to Sister (later Eldressl Polly Ann Reed 11818-18811, copyist Church Family, New Lebanon, New York 1840-1842 Ink on paper, bound in leather 6½ - 5½ 1" American Society for Psychical Research, New York The songs in this 279-page manuscript volume are in Polly Reed's meticulous hand, using Shaker "Ietteral notation."
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