TY - BOOK AU - Spier,Richard ED - Shakers. ED - Shaker Collection (Library of Congress) TI - The memorial of the society of people of New-Lebanon, in the county of Columbia, and Watervliet in the county of Albany, commonly called Shakers, to the respectable legislature of the state of New-York AV - BX9789.W2 A5 1816 PY - 1816///] CY - [Albany, N.Y. PB - Churchill & Abbey, printers KW - Shakers KW - Doctrines KW - Conscientious objection KW - Conscientious objectors KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - New York (State) N1 - Caption title; Signed at end: Richard Spier ... [et al.] Watervliet, February 18, 1816; Publication information from colophon; MacLean, J.P. Shaker lit; 499; Shaw & Shoemaker; 38919 N2 - Protesting against the militia law of the state of New York in a plea for exemption from military service and "from all fines and taxes in lieu thereof." ER -