History of the Zoar Society from its Commencement to its Conclusion; a sociological study in communism [2 ed.]

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HISTORY OF

THE ZOAR SOCIETY FROM

COMMENCEMENT TO

ITS

ITS

CONCLUSION

A SOCIOLOGICAL STUDY COMMUNISM By E.

O.

RANDALL

SECOND EDITION

COLUMBUS, OHIO PRESS OF FRED. J. HEER igoo

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^Entered accordingf to Act of Congress in the year 1899

BY

E. O.

RANDALL

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington

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THE ZOAR SOaETY ZOAR, OHIO

September tt, 1899. E. 0.

RANDALL,

Sec'y,

Cotumbus, Ohio.

Dear

Sir

:

I hiuve carefully read your history

of Zoar, and find

it

the_ fullest

and most accurate

yet published and entirety 'worthy of credence. treatment of the subject

fair

is

and

Your

impartial.

Yours 'aery truly, L.

ZIMMEBMAN, Sec'y

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NOTE BY THE AUTHOR monograph herewith published THE"The Zoar,"

in

Separatist Society of

book form,

is

reprinted,

by permission, from the publications of the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society.

It

appeared in

the Quarterly for July, 1899, Volume VIII, No. 1. While the "Zoarites" have attracted much attention

not only in the United States but even in Europe, especially among the students of history and Sociology, yet so far as

known

to the writer,

no extended account

of the Society has heretofore been published.

The

purpose of the present writer will be accomplished this contribution to the literature of

munism proves

to

if

American Com-

be of any value to the student or

general reader.

E. O. Columbus, Ohio, Sept. ii, iSpp.

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OHIO Archaeological and Historical PUBLICATIONS.

THE SEPARATIST SOCIETY OF AN EXPERIMENT

IN COMMUNISM

— FROM

ITS

ZOAR. COMMENCEMENT

TO ITS CONCIvUSION. BY

E. O. RANDAI,!,, I