TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wisbey,Herbert A.
TI  - Pioneer Prophetess: Jemima Wilkinson, the Publick Universal Friend 
SN  - 9781501711534
AV  - BR1719.W5 
U1  - 269/.2092 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Ithaca, NY
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - New York History
KW  - Religious Studies
KW  - U.S. History
KW  - HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Preface --; Contents --; Chapter I.Birth Of A Prophetess --; Chapter II.Saith The Universal Friend --; Chapter III. Refuge In Little Rest --; Chapter IV. New England Ministry --; Chapter V.Pennsylvania --; Chapter VI. Wilderness Sanctuary --; Chapter VII. Jerusalem --; Chapter VIII. Trials And Tribulations --; Chapter IX. Death Of A Prophetess --; Chapter X.Legend And Lore --; Appendix I.Death Book Of The Society Of Universal Friends --; Appendix II. The Universal Friend's Advice, To Those Of The Same Religious Society --; Notes --; Bibliographical Essay --; Index; restricted access
N2  - At the age of twenty-four, the Rhode Island Quaker Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819) recovered from a bout of fever with the pronouncement that she had been directed by a vision to preach to a "dying and sinful world." Announcing that Jemima had died and that her body now housed a new spirit, the Publick Universal Friend, this remarkably charismatic-and notably scandal-plagued-woman gathered several hundred followers and settled to the west of Seneca Lake. Although the religious community she founded on a framework of abstinence and friendship did not long survive her, Wilkinson remains a figure of fascination and mystery to this day. Herbert A. Wisbey Jr.'s 1964 biography is the authoritative account of her life, times, and ideals
UR  - https://doi.org/10.7591/9781501711534
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781501711534
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ER  -