Sources behind the history

History of American Socialisms, chapter XV: The Skaneateles Community

Project Gutenberg transcription of an edition described as an exact reprint of the 1870 edition; original publisher not inspected here

Last checked 2026-10-22

• Two tables in the Skaneateles Community dining room · Chapter I, printed page markers 2–9, Macdonald collection and concluding paragraphs: Noyes describes acquisition, rearrangement, omission, reconstruction and condensation of Macdonald material.
• Two tables in the Skaneateles Community dining room · Chapter XV, printed page markers 163–168: Collins community at Skaneateles, proposed creed and reproduced later repudiation. Used only as context; do not flatten different positions into one doctrine.
• Two tables in the Skaneateles Community dining room · Chapter XV, Recollections of Mrs. S. Vanvelzer, beginning before printed marker 179: invitation in Baldwinsville during winter 1845, her visit, two dining-room tables and reported three-week stay. Her separate husband’s recollection precedes it; do not conflate their voices.