John Patterson MacLean was een universalistische predikant, archeoloog en historicus. Hij wijdde zich aan de geschiedenis van de Shakers en de geschiedenis van de Maclean-clan, waarvoor hij materiaal verzamelde in Schotland. Zijn werk is gebaseerd op archeologisch en historisch onderzoek.
A historical analysis of the Shaker religious movement in the United States, focusing on the development and eventual decline of the community located in Cleveland, Ohio.
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