THE KENDAL
COMMUNITY.
WENDALL P. FOX, MASSILLON.
[The following article concerning the
"Kendal Community" was
secured for publication through the
courtesy of Mr. Wendall P. Fox
of Massillon, Ohio. Mr. Fox in an
explanatory letter to the Editor
makes the statement a portion of which
we use as a preface to the
article itself.-E. 0. R.]
PREFACE.
According to the "History of Stark
County" the first set-
tlers came to Perry township in the
summer of 1806. Perry
township included the territory occupied
by the city of Massillon
and the old village of Kendal is
included within the present cor-
porate limits of the city. The township
of Perry was created in
1813.
The inhabitants of the township were
directed by the com-
missioners to meet at the house of
Samuel Patton, in Kendal,
on the last Saturday of February, 1814,
to elect township offi-
cers. From this it may be seen that the
village of Kendal was
in existence before Perry township was
organized. From the
source mentioned above we learn that the
first religious society
organized west of Canton in Stark County
was the "The Kendal
Preparative Meeting of the Society of
Friends" their Monthly
Meeting being at Marl-Borough, Quarterly
Meeting at Salem,
and the Yearly Meeting being held at
Mount Pleasant, Jefferson
County. It is supposed that all these
organizations existed as
early as 1813. The principal members of
Kendal Preparative
Meeting were Isaac Bowman, Richard
Williams, Zaccheus
Stanton, Charles Coffin, Thomas Rotch,
Mayhew Folger, Joseph
Hobson, Jonathan Michener, Matthew Macy, Thomas Coffin,
Micajah Macy, and others, all of whom
with a single exception,
were heads of families. About the year
1825 Kendal was visited
by two men, Paul Brown and Josiah
Warren, who were both
disciples of Robert Owen the founder of
a socialistic Com-
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munity at New Lanack, Scotland. Under
the influence of these
two men a number of the people of Kendal
decided to form an
organization founded upon the principles
set forth by Robert
Owen. The name they adopted for
themselves was "The Kendal
Cummunity" but the public generally
called them the "Owen-
ites". They purchased 2113 acres from
the estate of Thomas
Rotch in the vicinity of Kendal and
Massillon together with some
lots in Kendal for $20,000. The
following is a transcription
of an old journal obtained from Amasa
Baily a son of a mem-
ber of the Kendal Community by Mr.
Wendall P. Fox, himself a
grandson of Jehiel Fox one of the
Founders.
The journal has been placed in the
McClymonds Public
Library of Massillon and is in a fair
state of preservation.
There is much material bearing upon the
purposes and
activities of this Association which may
be of special interest
in this community which the writer hopes
to be able to secure
and collaborate in the near future but
which is not accessible
at the present time, and which I hope to
make the subject of a
future article embellished by portraits
of some of the most promi-
nent members of the community of which
none are now living.
The most recent deaths of members have
occurred within the
last three years, viz: Mrs. Eliza
Kingsbury of Akron, 0., and
Judge J. S. Underhill of Canton, Ohio.
The membership of
this community was made up of people of
all religious beliefs
and many nationalities and was as broad
as their constitution
can be construed which fact in view of
the writer's belief con-
tributed to the non-success as a
community.
Almost without exception the original
members of this
community developed the highest order of
successful citizenship
in their after life and were prominent
in public affairs and
character building.
They organized a lyceum, had frequent
debates and also
had a good library of several hundred
volumes, many of which
are now in our High School library.
However unsuccessful
their efforts may appear to the casual
observer their influences
are apparent in many of the affairs of
this vicinity and will be
for many years to come.
Vol. XX - 12.
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Society Publications.
CONSTITUTION OF THE FRIENDLY ASSOCIATION
FOR MUTUAL
INTERESTS AT KENDAL, OHIO.
Preamble.
The first principle and that which
should never be absent
from the mind is Love to the Great first
cause and Creator of
all things. The second is a sincere
regard and love to our fellow
creatures. This love should extend to
every created and sensible
subject. Upon these fundamental duties
depends the happiness
of every rational being; and without
living in the constant ob-
servance of these duties it is
impossible that man can be happy.
In the present system of human concerns
we are impelled to
guard ourselves, individually against
the interest of others,
hence it is that strife and contention
are unavoidable. The man
who does not prefer his own interest,
falls necessarily into
poverty. In the round of trade and
commerce all are exposed
to the danger of either gaining too
great an advantage or of
falling short of securing their own. In
this state of the world it
is impossible to establish the love and
good will which are nec-
essary to the comfort and happiness of
the human race. Hence,
we have evidence that some other and
different course is im-
periously called for and must be
adopted, before a correct state:
of affairs can be established.
From these facts we are led to see that
man with all his
professions to the contrary is the enemy
of man and that we
have to be as much upon our guard
against one another as
against the most ferocious animal: and
there is no reason to
hope for a better state of things under
the system of individual
and private interests. If the state of
the human family should
be changed for the better it is evident
that we must abandon
the present course and embrace a system
of greater liberality
and justice. We must admit of those
rights which are natural
and which have been taken from us by
human policy. These
inherent rights might be particularized,
but enough has been
noticed to prove that under present
circumstances, great diffi-
culties and embarrassments are
unavoidable, and that therefore
it is reasonable and justifiable to
change the whole system as
soon as it can be done prudently, and
with safety to the com-
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munity at large. The principles and
objects of the Company
are presented to the public in the
following Constitution which
it is presumed cannot fail to interest
all who divesting them-
selves of the prejudices of the former
systems are open to con-
viction on rational principles.
To parents in an especial manner the
advantages of the
proposed system present themselves with
peculiar force. The
baneful influence of immortal examples
will be most effectually
guarded against-the principles and
practice of piety, justice
and benevolence inculcated and
exemplified-industrious and
economical habits formed - and those
affections and desires to-
ward the happiness of all around them
promoted and permanently
secured to the rising generation.
When the parents are removed by death
the children will
not have to conflict as orphans too
generally do with the adver-
sities of an unfeeling world, but will
be under the guardianship
of the Company, who adopt them and amply
provide for their
comfort in the place of their natural
parents. The aged and
infirm will have a rightful claim to
every requisite care and
kindness. Although little inducement is
offered by the Com-
pany to that vain and heedless portion
of youth who place hap-
piness on distinctions of an artificial
nature, yet those of a more
rational character will have an ample
field for the development
of the faculties both physical and
intellectual and insure all
the real conveniences and comforts of
life.
Such are the outlines of our principles,
calculated we
believe, to increase happiness, arrest
the progress of vice, and
lead to all those virtues and graces
which the Gospel enjoins
and we humbly commend our efforts to the
blessing of its
Adorable Author. We, the undersigned, do
therefore, relying
on the smiles of Divine Providence and
renouncing all amuse-
ment and practices known to preponderate
in evil, agree each
with the other in an Association for
Mutual Co-operation and
comfort to be governed by such rules and
regulations as we shall
hereafter adopt.
KENDAL, OHIO, March 17, 1826.
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Society Publications.
CONSTITUTION.
(Drafted May 15, 1826.)
ARTICLE 1st. The title of the company
shall be "The
Friendly Association for Mutual
Interests".
ARTICLE 2nd. The location of the company having been
chosen by the general concurrence of the
adult members of the
community, they shall hold stated
meetings consisting of men and
women, by whom all rules and regulations
shall be made and
before whom all the business of the
company shall be laid. They
shall appoint a Clerk and Assistant
Clerk, a Treasurer, and
such delegates, commissioners, and
committees as may be nec-
essary to transact business of the
company, who shall make
report to the meeting for business, or
when required.
ARTICLE 3d. The company shall be
governed by certain
queries which shall comprehend the
duties of every member.
ARTICLE 4th. All applications for
membership must be
delivered in writing to the Clerk of the
meeting, and previous
to the admittance of any, the principles
and plan of operation
of the company and the terms of
admission shall be made known
to the applicant.
ARTICLE 5th. All members must be moral,
sober and in-
dustrious.
ARTICLE 6th. Every member shall be alike
entitled to all
the privileges of the company, and the
comforts afforded there-
by; and with the peculiar religious
opinions of the members
we will not interfere.
ARTICLE 7th. On the admission of each
member an in-
ventory and estimate of the property
(household furniture ex-
cepted) he or she may put into the
common stock shall be
entered in the company's books to his
credit; provided such
property shall be deemed useful to the
company.
ARTICLE 8th. It is expected that all the
members will
cheerfully render their best services
for the welfare of the
company according to their age,
experience and capacity, and if
inexperienced in that which is
requisite, they will apply dili-
gently to acquire the knowledge of some
useful occupation or
employment.
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Community. 181
ARTICLE 9th. If at any time there should
not be a sufficient
number of persons in the company fully
competent to the man-
agement of the different branches of
industry, the company
shall engage the assistance of skilful,
practical men from general
society.
ARTICLE 10th. In sickness or when
accidents occur every
care shall be taken of the parties;
medical aid afforded and all
the attention shown them that kindness
can suggest, and their
usual portion of profits credited to
them as when able to per-
form their usual duties.
ARTICLE 11th. The company will not be
answerable for
the debts of individual members
contracted either previous or
during membership.
ARTICLE 12th. In order to afford an
opportunity to such
members as may be encumbered with debts
contracted in general
society, to render justice to their
creditors, a duty indispensable,
they are at liberty to devote for this
purpose as much labour
over and above their usual portion of
duty as they may deem
proper, for which they shall be duly
credited; and it is earnest-
ly recommended that members thus
circumstanced faithfully
appropriate their profits to this
equitable purpose.
ARTICLE 13th. Any member is
at liberty to leave the com-
pany at pleasure. In this case, or if
disowned, he or she shall
receive a due share of the value of the
property and all that shall
be credited on the books of the company
at the time of with-
drawing or disownment on such terms as
the By-Laws may
direct or may best suit the abilities of
the company.
ARTICLE 14th. Any adult member being a
legal testator
may devise by will, to or out of the
company, such balance as
may appear to the credit of his or her
account at the time of
decease.
ARTICLE 15th. Children of any deceased
members shall be
equally protected, educated and
cherished with those living mem-
bers.
ARTICLE 16th. The company will provide, as
soon as their
funds will admit, suitable buildings and
able teachers to instruct
in the best physical and mental
education all the children be-
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longing to the
community; the mode of education combining
always practice
with theory to be hereafter determined by the
company.
ARTICLE 17th.
At the close of each year, all the profits of
the company
shall be equally entered to the credit of the adult
members, both
male and female, reserving always a discretionary
sum for
assisting in the establishment of future communities.
ARTICLE 18th. Twelve
trustees shall be appointed, in whom
shall be vested
all titles to real estate in trust for the company,
to be renewed
whenever they shall deem it necessary.
ARTICLE 19th. To carry into
execution the plans of the
company, they
shall appoint five commissioners, who shall borrow
such sum or
sums of money as the company may deem neces-
sary for which
the said commissioners, or any two of them,
shall in
conjunction with the Treasurer issue certificates payable
to the lenders
or their assigns for which payment with interest
at such rate
and times as may be stipulated the faith of the com-
pany shall be
pledged.
ARTICLE 20th. This Constitution may hereafter be altered
or amended by
the concurrence of three-fourths of the male
members of said
society, except such articles as related to con-
tracts which
shall be inviolate.
Jonathan
Winter, David Culver, Aaron Culver,
Luther
Hanchett, Wm. T. Harding, Martin Langdon,
Wm. H.
Hanchett, Thomas Eldredge, Jehiel
Fox,
Horace
Burroughs, A. K. Burroughs, Samuel
Favis,
Amasa Bailey, John Blackman, Elijah Bigelow,
Philip Wagoner, John Sayler, Calvin Reed,
Frederick
Oberlin, William Skinner, David Solomon,
John Borland, Joseph Tinkler, Daniel C. Pratt,
John Harmon, Menonnis Williams, Saml. Underhill,
Zeno Culver, Norridon Bixley, Henry C. Fosdick,
Edward Dunn, Edward E. Hussey, James
Bayliss.
Jethro Macy, Nathaniel Underhill, Larry
McCall,
John Oberlin, David Kennady, Jonathan Moores.
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REPORTS OF MEETINGS.
MAY 15, 1826.
The Society for Mutual Interests convened at Kendal and
Ebenezer Williams was appointed Chairman, and John
Borland,
Clerk.
A motion that there shall be a committee appointed of
three
persons to take proper measures to forward our business
on
tomorrow. The following names were appointed; viz:
Horace
Burroughs, Jehiel Fox and Asa K. Burroughs. The meeting
then adjourned till 9:00 o'clock tomorrow.
MAY 16, 1826.
Met at the time appointed.
A motion was made that in case the aforesaid premises
were purchased that Jehiel Fox and Matthew Macy, being
two
of the Commissioners elected at this meeting, shall be
appointed
to take charge of the property of the Society till
other regula-
tions are made by said Society and carried in the
affirmative.
A vote was then taken that it be left discretionary
with any
two of the Commissioners whenever the case may acquire
to
call a General Meeting of the members of this Society
and
carried in the affirmative.
The following votes were given for the following names
for Commissioners to act for said Society; viz:
Asa K. Burroughs had............................ 12 votes
Jehiel Fox " ........................... 12 "
John Harmon " ............................ 12 "
M atthew M
acy " ............................ 11 "
Ebenezer W
illiams " ............................ 12 "
Jonathan W inter " ............................ 1 "
And also at the above mentioned meeting the following
votes were given for the following officers; viz:
Treasurer.
Horace
Burroughs
had............................ 12
votes.
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Trustees.
Jehiel Fox had............................ 10 votes
Frederick Oberlin " ........................... 10 "
Asa K. Burroughs . ...........................
9 "
Horace Burroughs " ........................... 10 "
John Harmon ........................... 9 "
Philip Wagner " ........................... 9 "
John Borland ........................... 9 "
Am asa Bailey ..............
............. 10 "
Luther Hanchett "............................ 9 "
M atthew Macy ........................... 8 "
Joseph Tinkler ........................... 5 "
Ebenezer Williams " ........................... 9 "
Jonathan Winter " ........................... 4 "
James Freeman " ............................ 1 "
John McKinnon " ............................ 1 "
Clerk.
Matthew
Macy
had............................ 12
votes.
We the undersigned do certify the above poll to be
correct
agreeable to the tickets given at this election. The meeting
then adjourned to a day without date.
At a meeting of the Society of Mutual Interest of
Kendal
held in said town on the 4th of July, 1826,
the following reso-
lutions were adopted; viz:
That William T. Harding, Norridon Bixley, Sam'l I.
Moul-
ton, Robt. Lawson, and Peter Meyers shall be received
as mem-
bers of this Association. It was then resolved that a Com-
mittee of three persons be elected to superintend the
general
concerns and interests of the Society to hold their
office until the
next General Meeting. Therefore, Jehiel Fox, Philip
Wagoner
and Matthew
Macy were appointed as said Committee.
Resolved, also, that a Committee of two members be ap-
pointed of the members in Portage County (Bull) to
correspond
with said Committee in Kendal. Therefore, Asa K.
Burroughs
and Luther Hanchett were appointed as said Committee.
Also
that the Committee at Kendal shall meet on Saturday,
the 15th
inst. and once in two weeks thereafter at which time
such mem-
bers as may wish to meet and advise with them can do
so, and a
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majority of such members can at any time
notify a General
Meeting.
The meeting then adjourned.
M. MACY, Clerk.
Signed. JOHN HARMON.
AUGUST 7th, 1826.
Three of the acting trustees of the
Society for Mutual
Interests of Kendal have agreed that a
General Meeting of the
members shall be convened at Kendal on
the 18th inst. at one
o'clock, P. M.
M. MACY, Clerk.
Signed. JEHIEL Fox,
P. WAGONER,
M. MACY,
Trustees.
At a meeting of the members of the
Friendly Association
of Kendal held in said town on the 18th
of August, 1826, John
Harmon was chosen Chairman, and M. Macy,
Clerk.
Thomas Eldridge, Mennonis Williams,
David Williams, and
David Culver were received as members of
the Society, and
John Gallangher was received on
probation.
Resolved, That Luther Hanchett, Jehiel
Fox and Amasa
Bailey be a committee to draft some
by-laws for the future
regulation of the Society and report at
this meeting.
Resolved, also, that the saw mill be
repaired or rebuilt as
may best comport with the interests of
the community; that the
Commissioners use their efforts to
provide for the reception of
families who wish to move on to the
premises to labour for
the community, as soon as possible.
Jehiel Fox was appointed
to superintend the rebuilding of the
saw-mill.
Resolved, also, that the present
Commissioners or a ma-
jority of them be impowered to transact
the business aforesaid
and such other concerns of the Society as
shall appear to be
most beneficial for the interests of the
same.
Adjourned till tomorrow at 8 o'clock, A.
M.
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AUGUST 19th, 1826.
Met by adjournment and adopted the
following by-laws
for the regulation of the Society:
1st. All meetings of the Society shall
be conducted with
order and decency. But one member shall
speak on any ques-
tion at a time and he shall rise and ask
leave of the Chairman.
2nd. A meeting for the transaction of
business shall be
held weekly by the Commissioners
together with such member's
as may wish to attend, every Saturday
afternoon at 3 o'clock
in the brick house, and a General
Meeting may be called by the
Commissioners, or any two of them or by
a majority of the
members present at a weekly meeting.
3rd. Every General Meeting of the
Society for the trans-
action of business, when convened, shall
choose a Chairman and
Clerk and proceed to business.
4th. All motions shall be made in order
and presented in
writing for the consideration of the
meeting.
5th. Each adult member shall share in
the first annual
dividend calculating from the time he or
she commences actual
labour for the Society.
6th. A candidate for membership must
secure the votes
of three-fourths of the members present
at a regular meeting,
sign the by-laws, Constitution and Bond
of Compact to become
a member.
7th. The Society may receive members on
probation for
six months, who shall be entitled to all
the privileges of real
members except that of voting and said
probation may be ex-
tended for the benefit of such member at
the discretion of the
Society, provided however that a
unanimous vote of the meet-
ing shall always be conclusive on all
questions.
8th. The Commissioners being authorized
to transact the
general concerns of the Society, it will
be their duty to see that
every family and each individual is
provided with all the nec-
essaries and comforts of life, likewise
furnish everything nec-
essary for the labourers to pursue their
several branches of in-
dustry for the general benefit of the
whole.
9th. All minors belonging to the
community are to be
under the special care of the same; they
are to be educated
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and instructed in the several branches
of useful knowledge.
The males are to be taught agriculture
and some one mechanical
art; the females are to be taught in a
manner suitable to their
sex, and that guardian care and
protection extended to them
that their situation may require, and
all the expenses arising
therefore shall be paid out of the funds
of the community.
10th. If any member shall be guilty of
improper conduct
or shall offend or injure another member
of the Society, the
party aggrieved or any other member may
enter a complaint
to the Commissioners or a committee
appointed for that pur-
pose and it shall be the duty of one of
them on receiving such
complaint to notify the parties in
writing that they appear in
a given time before said Commissioners
or Committee, whose
duty it shall be to hear such complaint
and use their best en-
deavours to settle such difference, and
if the offender shall fail
to make proper satisfaction to the party
aggrieved, then their
case shall be heard at the next General
Meeting of the mem-
bers or a sufficient number thereof to
form a quorum to transact
business, at which time and place if the
offender shall fail to
make proper satisfaction he or she shall
be expelled from the
Society by a vote of the majority of
said meeting, and for all
the personal property, cash or services
done, said offender may
have been accredited on the books of
said Society, he or she shall
receive a compensation in the products
of the labour of the
Society for the aforesaid property; and
for the said cash, or
the share of the real-estate, to which
he or she may be justly
entitled such offender shall receive the
cash to be made in
annual payments at the rate of twenty
dollars per annum to
every adult member belonging to the
Society till such demand
shall be paid.
11th. Any member wishing to absent
himself from the
Society at any time for the transaction
of his own private busi-
ness, shall notify the acting
Commissioner or superintendent of
his intention at least twenty-four hours
previous to the same,
except in the case of particular
emergency and where a reason-
able excuse can be alleged for the same.
The meeting then adjourned.
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Arch. and Hist. Society Publications. We the undersigned members of the aforesaid
Association do severally agree to be governed and abide by the
foregoing regulations or By-Laws: |
Horace Burroughs, John H. Blackman, William Skinner, John Harmon, Amasa Bailey, Norridon Bixley, Aaron Culver, Jehiel Fox, Samuel Davis, Calvin Reed, David Solomon, Martin Langdon, Daniel C. Pratt, |
Nathaniel Underhill, Henry C. Fosdick, Larry McCall, John Oberlin, David Kennaday, Luther Hanchett, Joseph Tinkler, John Sayler, A. K. Burroughs, Philip Wagoner, Frederick Oberlin, Zeno Culver, Adam Oberlin, |
Jonathan Winter, Elijah Biglow, Matthew Borland, Wm. F. Harding, Wm. H. Hanchett, Thomas Eldridge, John Borland, Samuel Underhill, Jethro Macy, William Macy, Edwin Dunn. |
BOND OF SOCIAL COMPACT. We the undersigned members of the Friendly
Association for mutual interests at Kendal agree to bind
ourselves by the following conditions of union and co-operation; viz.,
That we agree to purchase the property belonging to the heirs
of Thomas Rotch, deceased, agreeably to the proposals of Arvine
Wales, their attorney. We further bind ourselves to each other to make good
and sufficient security to apply on the first payment to
the Com- mittee of the Association or to Arvine Wales to the
full amount set to our names respectively. We agree to share equally in the loss or gain (if
there should be any) in the sales of the property
individually pledged or collectively given as security. We further agree
that we will not sell, lease, rent or dispose of our
individual shares of the real estate to any person or persons other than
this Asso- ciation. We further bind ourselves and our successors that for
all the property belonging to individuals made use of for
the bene- fits of its members collectively should be placed to
the credit of |
The Kendal Community. 189 such individuals on the books of the Association and
that all such accounts shall draw interest to be paid
(principal and interest) as soon as the circumstances of the Society
will admit. All that subscribe to this agreement that do not set
any specified sum to their respective names to be pledged as
security, and who have not real estate to dispose of for that
purpose hereby bind themselves individually to make every reasonable
exertion to assist in making the first and succeeding payments
for the said property and to make over to the Association or
their com- mittee all the personal property that they can
consistently with their individual interest to be made use of as common
stock. It is further agreed that the same Society shall not be
obliged to pay a demand that any members may have, till it
has been regularly demanded one year. In witness whereof, we set our hands and seals at
Kendal this 16th day of May in the year Eighteen Hundred and
Twenty- six: |
Horace Burroughs, Philip Wagoner, Adam Oberlin, Wm. H. Hanchett, William Skinner, Matthew Borland, Zeno Culver, Jehiel Fox, Samuel Davis, Elijah Biglow, |
Calvin Reed, Daniel C. Pratt, John Harmon, A. K. Burroughs, Martin Langdon, Jonathan Winter, John Borland Luther Hanchett, Wm. F. Harding, Joseph Tinkler, |
David Culver, John Sayler, Frederick Oberlin, Jonathan Mooers, Thomas Eldridge, John H. Blackman, David Solomon, Amasa Bailey, Aaron Culver. |
At a meeting of the Friendly Association for Mutual
In- terests held at Kendal on the 20th of October, 1826,
Asa K. Burroughs was elected Chairman and Joseph Tinkler,
Clerk. The meeting adjourned till 7 o'clock. The meeting convened at the hour appointed and voted that the Commissioners be legally authorized to
transact busi- ness for the Society by a written power of attorney.
Voted that Luther Hanchett draft a power of attorney according
to the preceding vote. Voted that John Harmon assist the
said Luther Hanchett in drafting the said power of attorney.
Voted, that |
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a committee of three be appointed to
examine and report
whether any, and if any, what alteration
ought to be made in
the Constitution and By-Laws of this
Society and report to-
morrow morning. Also that John Harmon,
Horace Burroughs
and Philip Wagoner be the said
Committee. It was then voted
that the meeting adjourn till 7 o'clock
tomorrow morning.
SATURDAY MORNING, Oct. 21st.
Met agreeable to adjournment and
appointed Horace Bur-
roughs, Clerk. Voted, that the Committee
appointed to revise
the Constitution or By-Laws have further
time to consider and
make report.
Then proceeded to elect by ballot five
Commissioners; viz.,
Asa K. Burroughs, William Skinner,
Luther Hanchett, Thomas
Eldridge, and Philip Wagoner were
elected Commissioners by
a plurality of votes. Voted that we
adjourn for one hour.
Met pursuant to adjournment. Voted that
a Committee be
appointed to draft a Memorial to the
Legislature praying for an
act of incorporation of this Society.
Voted that John Harmon,
Matthew Macy and Horace Burroughs
compose that committee.
Erastus Smith and James Pease presented
their petition for mem-
bership.
Meeting adjourned without day.
The Kendal Community met at the house of
Jonathan
Winter in Kendal on the first of Jan'y,
1827. John Borland
was chosen Chairman and M. Macy, Clerk.
The meeting then
proceeded to business.
It was resolved that a committee of
three persons be ap-
pointed to draft and report such
regulations for the government
of the Society, the plan of operations,
and the extent of the pro-
vision to be made for the same. Voted
that Jehiel Fox, A. K.
Burroughs and Wm. Skinner compose that
committee.
2nd. That a committee of three persons
be appointed to
examine into the proceedings of the
different departments and
branches of business that have been
carried on and report the
same to the meeting tomorrow at one
o'clock, P. M.
Adjourned till tomorrow at 10 o'clock, A.
M.
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Met by adjournment.
The committee appointed to report a
system of regulations,
etc., for the Society make the following
report which was read
and accepted:
We, your Committee of Ways and Means,
being appointed
by the community in open meeting would
respectfully report
that in our opinion it becomes necessary
that the members of the
community from this time till the 1st of
April next be prepared
for actual business at sunrise in the
morning. We further think
it necessary to appoint some one from
the body of the Commis-
sioners to be the principal active agent
to do and transact all
business for the community and that the
other four Commis-
sioners shall be his counsel, to be
called together whenever he
shall think it necessary for the good
management of the Com-
munity. We further recommend that the
appointments of offi-
cers made at this meeting be published
in the public prints in
this County. We further recommend that
if any member of
the community is in possession of any
produce or other article
immediately wanted, shall make
presentment of such article for
the benefit of the acting Commissioners
at this meeting.
That there be a re-election of
Commissioners, one of whom
shall be designated as Acting Commissioner,
and that they pro-
ceed to elect by ballot immediately.
On balloting Jehiel Fox had eleven votes
for Acting Com-
missioner; and Luther Hanchett and
Philip Wagoner had eleven,
William Harding had ten votes and
Norridon Bixley had eleven
votes for Commissioners, and were
elected.
John Sprague, John F. Wells, David
Williams, Samuel
Davis, and Joseph Sheply were admitted
as members, and the
application of Jonathan Moors for
membership was deferred to
a future meeting.
The report of the committee appointed to
examine into the
different branches of business made a
report which was ac-
cepted and the accompanying papers
ordered to be delivered to
the Acting Commissioner.
The meeting then adjourned to a time
without date.
Signed. JOHN BORLAND, Chairman.
M. MACY, Clerk.
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At the above meeting Thomas Eldridge
asked leave to with-
draw from the membership of the Kendal
Company of Mutual
Interests which was granted by a vote of
the meeting while
organized.
The Kendal Community met at J. Winter's
on the 10th of
Feb'y, 1827, and chose N. Bixley,
Chairman, and M. Macy,
Clerk. It having appeared that there was
some dissatisfaction
with James Freeman, the following
resolutions were taken:
1st. That the Commissioners shall confer
with Mr. Free-
man, and if he chooses to withdraw from
the community, to
settle with him on terms of equity to
him and to the community
or have such difference settled if
possible to the satisfaction of
both parties and make a report to the
Society on Saturday next.
2nd. That all minors and others now
living in the com-
munity who are not members of the same
or are employed by
the community shall be governed by the
regulations thereof or
withdraw forthwith.
3rd. That appraisers shall be appointed
to affix a value to
the house and premises of Jonathan
Winter in Kendal.
4th. That appraisers shall be appointed
to affix a value to
all the household furniture in the
community, make a schedule
of the same and have it recorded in the
books of the community.
Luther Hanchett and Jehiel Fox were
appointed for that pur-
pose.
The application of Jonathan Moors
deferred at last meeting
was considered and he was accepted as a
member.
David Solomon, Charles Bevington and Wm.
Johnson, ap-
plied for admittance as members. The
former was accepted and
the two latter had leave to withdraw
their petition.
The meeting then adjourned till Saturday
the 24th inst.
SATURDAY, Feb'y 24th, 1827.
The community met by adjournment at J.
Winter's. Luther
Hanchett in the chair and M. Macy,
Clerk.
Reuben Tapper applied for membership and
was received as
a member by a clear vote of the meeting.
The application of
Martin Langdon was acted upon and
deferred till a future meet-
ing.
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Resolved. That the Acting Commissioner shall make such
contract with Joshua Brooks to teach the
school for the present
as may seem to comport with the best
interests of the Society.
Res. 2. That all accounts in the community shall be kept in
the name of Jehiel Fox & Co. from
this time forward.
Res. 3. That the Acting Commissioner shall have some
place of deposit for such articles as
may be received by the com-
munity and appoint some person to take
charge of the same and
produce receipts to show the disposition
of said articles.
Adjournment, till Monday at 6 o'clock,
P. M.
MARCH 30th, 1827.
The members met at their usual place of
holding meetings
in Kendal at which the following votes
were taken: viz., For
the admission of Martin Langdon, James
Reed, Larra McCall
as members of the community.
The meeting adjourned till tomorrow at 8
o'clock
JOHN HARMON, Clerk.
Signed. JEHIEL FOX, Chairman.
MARCH 31st, 1827.
Met pursuant to adjournment.
On motion voted that Jehiel Fox be
authorized to negotiate
a purchase of the double carding
machine, a billy and a picker,
now used in the factory by D. Middleton,
at $528.65 if he think
proper.
On motion voted unanimously that J. Fox
be requested to
make a settlement with James Freeman on
condition that said
Freeman leave the community and that J.
Fox report his pro-
ceedings to an adjourned meeting this
evening.
EVENING MEETING, March 31.
Jehiel Fox reported that he had
endeavored to settle with
said Freeman, but without effect. On
motion, voted unanimously
in the Kendal Community that James
Freeman be disowned and
dismissed from the rights and privileges
of further membership
in the said Community.
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On motion, voted that Philip Wagoner be
appointed to
superintend the agricultural department
of this Society under
the Acting Commissioner.
On motion, voted that the community meet
at 6 o'clock on
every Saturday evening and the
superintendent of each depart-
ment be requested to report the progress
of the business under
his charge for the preceding week.
Appointments by the Acting Commissioner,
viz: Wm. F.
Harding, Superintendent of the
Wagon-Makers Shop; John
Sprague, Superintendent of the
Black-Smith Shop; and Jonathan
Winter, Superintendent of the Woolen
Factory.
Meeting adjourned.
Signed. JOHN HARMON, Clerk.
A meeting of the Kendal Community was
held on the 19th
of April, 1827. John Saylor in the Chair
and M. Macy was
Clerk. The following resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Viz:
Res. 1. That each male member who is the head of a
family shall be allowed Ten Dollars per
month to be paid out of
the joint funds of the Community and for
all extra labour that
they may perform they shall be paid in
the same manner and
proportion.
Res. 2. That each family shall manage their own internal
concerns for themselves.
Res. 3. That each adult male member shall labour ten hours
in each day when in health; should he
perform any extra labour,
it shall be entered to his credit on the
books of the Company at
the rate above mentioned at the end of
each year. Provided
always that farmers and others who
labour out shall not lose
their time in consequence of unfavorable
weather for prosecuting
their business, but shall be provided
with such business within
doors as they are capable of performing.
Res. 4. That each male member who has no family shall
receive Eight Dollars per month in the manner
aforesaid de-
ducting in all cases boarding, clothing,
washing and lodging.
Res. 5. That all minors between the age of eight and twelve
years old shall receive in the manner
aforesaid Two Dollars per
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month for each month's labour, and all
between the age of twelve
and eighteen years shall be entitled to
Five Dollars per month
for each month's actual labour.
Res. 6. That each female member be entitled to the follow-
ing rates as a compensation for their
labour:
For each eight hours of washing,
twenty-five cents.
For each run of linen yarn, ten cents.
For each run of tow yarn and carding,
ten cents.
For each run of woolen yarn, eight
cents.
For making common shirts or a pair of
trowsers, twenty
cents.
For knitting socks, fifteen cents.
For knitting stockings, twenty cents.
For binding each pair of shoes, four
cents.
For each week's actual labour at
house-work, seventy-five
cents.
Res. 7. That all articles paid to individual members by the
Company shall be charged at their actual
cost to the Company.
Res. 8. That each family be provided with a house and
firewood by the Company. Also one
quarter or half an acre of
ground which they may till for their own
benefit and at their
own expense.
The meeting then adjourned till Saturday
the 28th instant
at 6 o'clock, P. M.
The Kendal Community met on the 25th of
April, 1827,
and passed the following resolutions:
Viz.
Res. 1. That every member be prepared to go to labour at
seven o'clock A. M. and at one o'clock
P. M. Also that the reso-
lution passed on the 19th of
April last, so far as relates to the
hours of labour, be the same as hereby
repealed.
Res. 2. That Calvin Reed be a member of the Kendal Com-
munity and entitled to all the
privileges thereof by signing the
By-Laws, Constitution and Bond of
Compact of said Company.
Res. 3. That the petition of Elijah Biglow be deferred till
next meeting.
Res. 4. That a committee be appointed to examine into the
number of cooperative members belonging
to the Company. That
Jehiel Fox and N. Bixley be that
committee.
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Adjourned till May 5th.
MAY
5th. Met by adjournment. Motioned and
carried that
the following persons who have been
received as members of the
Community be dismissed from the same:
Viz., Emmanuel Olm-
stead, Samuel B. Miller, John Billings,
Samuel Hogeland, David
Williams, David Williams Jr., John F.
Wells, John Hall, Samuel
J. Moulton, Robert Lawson, Peter Myers,
Joseph Shepley, and
Jonathan Foster. The petition of David
B. Burwick was re-
ceived and ordered to be acted on at
next meeting.
Resolved, That each member of the Community who has
pledged real-estate to Arvine Wales as
security for the first pay-
ment for the premises, shall make his
election previous to the
first day of June next, whether he will,
or will not hold himself
accountable for the amount secured to
the said Wales by himself.
Resolved also, That this Community will receive real-estate
that is already pledged as security for
the payment of these
premises at the appraisal of three
disinterested men, and it shall
be optional with those members who have
made such security
to transfer the same to said Community
in the aforesaid manner,
provided they make their choice or
election previous to the first
day of June aforesaid.
Elijan Bugelow was admitted as a member
of the Kendal
Community.
APRIL 14th, 1827. At a meeting of the Kendal Community
at their usual place of holding the
same, a motion was made that
Manorris Williams be dismissed from
being a member of said
Community which was carried by a
unanimous vote.
JEHIEL Fox, Chairman & Clerk, P.
T.
A meeting of the Kendal Community was
held on the 19th
of May, and resolution adopted; Viz.
Res. 1. Resolved, That this Community shall proceed to
establish a school which shall
approximate as near to the system
of education as recommended by Robert
Owen, as the circum-
stances of this Community will admit.
Res. 2. Resolved, That Jehiel Fox, A. Bailey, M. Macy, be
a committee to make arrangements to carry
said school into
effect and report the same at a future
meeting.
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The petition of Almira Reed for
membership in the Kendal
Community was read and referred to our
next meeting.
No further business presenting, the
meeting adjourned till
Saturday next at four o'clock.
MAY 26-Members of the Kendal Community
met and no
business of note appearing, the meeting
adjourned to June 2nd,
at four o'clock.
JUNE 2, 1827. The members of the Kendal
Community met
agreeable to adjournment at their usual
place of holding meet-
ings at which a motion was made that
that clause of the Consti
tution that stipulates that the females
shall share equal shares
with the males in the loss or gain of
property belonging to the
common stock altered which, was decided
in the affirmative by
a unanimous vote.
David D. Burwick was admitted as a
member of the Kendal
Community for Mutual Interests by a
unanimous vote.
Voted that William H. Hanchett work in
the factory.
Voted unanimously that our meetings be
held on each Satur-
day at five o'clock, P. M.
The following persons did elect that
they would convey to
the Company such land as they had
mortgaged for the first
payment of the premises purchased of A.
Wales for the Kendal
Company for mutual interest, agreeable
to a resolution passed
May 5th, 1827; Viz., Philip Wagoner,
Jonathan Winter,
Frederick Oberlin,
Jehiel Fox.
Meeting adjourned, till Saturday at five
o'clock.
JEHIEL Fox, Clerk, P. T.
JUNE 16th.
Members of the Kendal Community met agree-
able to adjournment at which the
following resolutions were
adopted; Viz.,
Res. 1. For the Acting Commissioner to rent the house
that is now occupied by John Everhard in
Kendal village if he
think expedient.
Res. 2. That Jehiel Fox, Norridon Bixley and John Black-
man, be and are hereby authorized and
appointed by said Com-
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munity to act as a school committee or
directors of the Company's
school in said town of Kendal, Stark
County, Ohio, for the term
of one year from this date, June 16th, 1827.
Res. 3. That Jehiel Fox be and is hereby appointed to a
district meeting consisting of each
householder of the Kendal
School District to meet at some suitable
place in said District to
appoint some suitable men to act as
school directors of said Dis-
trict, to fix on a site suitable for a
school house and build the
same, also to receive the funds donated
by Charity Rotch, de-
ceased, now in the hands of her
executors for the purpose of
erecting a school house in said village
of Kendal.
JUNE 25th. At a meeting of the members of the Kendal
Community held at their usual place of
holding the same, a motion
was made and seconded that the
Seventeenth Section of the
Constitution of said Community be so
altered as to give in the
yearly dividend to the female adults of
the Community a pro-
portionable sum with the males. The
sense of the meeting was
taken on the above motion and decided in
the affirmative by a
unanimous vote.
Almira Reed's petition was granted by a
unanimous vote of
the meeting for her admission as a
member of said Community.
Meeting adjourned.
AMASA BAILEY, Chairman & Clerk.
At a meeting of the Kendal
Community held at the usual
place on Saturday the 21st day of July,
1827, the following pro-
ceedings were had.
1st. Resolved. That Amasa Bailey
take three horses that
the Company shall deliver to him and a
saddle and bridle for each
and dispose of them to the best
advantage that he can for the
benefit of the Company.
2nd. Resolved. That the premises
belonging to Jehiel Fox,
which were mortgaged to Arvine Wales for
security of premises
purchased of said Wales for the Kendal
Community for mutual
interest, be received of said Fox and
placed to his credit on the
Company's book at Eight Hundred Dollars,
with the crops now
on the place, and to have full
possession on the first day of April
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next, unless sooner sold by said
Company, in which case said
Fox is to clear the premises of all
cumbrances.
3d. Resolved. That the premises belonging to
Frederick
Oberlin be received by the Kendal
Community and passed to his
credit on the Company's books at
Fourteen Hundred and Fifty
Dollars.
4th. Resolved. That the premises belonging to
Jonathan
Winter be received and passed to his
credit at Four Hundred
Dollars.
Adjourned.
JEHIEL Fox, Ch. & Clerk.
JULY 21St, 1827.
5th. Resolved. That the amount of
money and trade be and
remain as it now stands recorded to the
credit of Philip Wagoner
on the Company's book agreeable to the
By-Laws in that case
made and provided.
JEHIEL Fox, Ch. & Clerk.
JULY 28th, 1827.
At a general meeting of the members of
the Kendal Com-
munity for mutual interest the following
persons were elected
Commissioners for said Company; Viz.,
Jehiel Fox, Acting Com-
missioner, had 13 votes; A. K. Burroughs
had 12 votes; Horace
Burroughs had 8 votes; Norridon Bixley
had 8 votes; Luther
Hanchett had 14 votes, and were elected
Commissioners of said
Company.
The following persons were elected by a
majority of votes
given by the members of said Company to
fill the following
stations; Viz., A. K. Burroughs, Head
Farmer; David Culver,
Assistant Farmer; Horace Burroughs,
Principal Builder; L. Mc-
Call, Assistant Builder. A. BAILEY,
Chairman.
A. K. BURROUGHS, Clerk.
At a meeting of the Kendal Friendly
Association held at
the usual place of holding the same, on
Saturday the 4th of
August, 1827.
The petition of Allen Wickinson and
Daniel C. Pratt was
presented for admission to membership
and ordered to be placed
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on the minutes of the meeting to be
acted on at our next com-
munication.
The meeting adjourned to Saturday next
at 6 o'clock, P. M.
JEHIEL Fox, Ch. & Clerk.
AUGUST 11 th, 1827.
A meeting of the members of the Kendal
Community for
mutual interest held at the brick house
agreeable to adjournment,
at which the following resolutions were
passed:
Res. 1. That a Clerk
and Chairman be appointed for an
unlimited time, subject to be displaced,
at the will of the meeting,
passed.
Res. 2. A. K. Burroughs be Chairman and Jehiel Fox,
Clerk.
Res. 3. That the Acting Commissioner have a clothier to
work in the factory, passed.
Res. 4. That the Acting Commissioner by and with the
consent of his Board of Commissioners to
employ a millwright
and fix on some plan of a mill.
Res. 5. Daniel C. Pratt admitted as a member of the Ken-
dal Community for mutual interest by a
unanimous vote.
Res. 6. Allen Wickinson be a member of the Kendal Com-
munity passed by a unanimous vote.
Res. 7. The meeting adjourned to Saturday next to the
brick house at 6 o'clock P. M.
A. K. BURROUGHS, Chairman.
JEHIEL Fox, Clerk.
KENDAL, Aug. 19, 1827.
The members of the Community met at the
brick house and
adopted the following resolutions:
Res. 1. Resolved, That the cows belonging to the commu-
nity be drove to pasture by the sun, 1/2
an hr. high in morning.
2nd. Resolved, That the Acting
Commissioner subscribe
for the following list of newspapers to
be taken as Community
property; Viz., New Harmony Gazette, New
York Statesman,
Gospel Advocate, Columbus Gazette,
Canton Repository and
Niles Baltimore Weekly Register.
3d. Resolved, A general meeting of all the
members of
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the Community with their families be
holden at the school house
at one o'clock on each first day of the
week for the purpose of
mutual instruction, information and
improvement in the princi-
ples of the system of cooperation
intended to be pursued by the
Community.
4th. Resolved, That a committee
of three persons be ap-
pointed to select such subjects as shall
be deemed most useful
for the exercises at said meeting, and
that Daniel C. Pratt, Calvin
Reed, and John Blackman compose said
committee.
5th. The petitions of David Kennedy and
Samuel Creigh-
ton for admission to membership were
presented and entered on
the minutes for consideration until the
next meeting.
6th. Meeting adjourned.
A. K. BURROUGHS, Chairman.
JEHIEL Fox, Clerk.
OCT. 13th, 1827.
The members of the Community met at the
residence of A.
K. Burroughs and transacted the
following business:
The petition of Jesse Clemmons was
presented to the meet-
ing and ordered to be entered for the
consideration of the mem-
bers, to be acted on at a future
meeting.
John Oberlin was admitted a member of
the Kendal Com-
munity for mutual interests by a
unanimous vote.
The meeting adjourned to Saturday next
at 6 P. M.
A. K. BURROUGHS, Chairman.
JEHIEL Fox, Clerk.
NOVEMBER 4, 1827.
A meeting of the members of the Kendal
Community was
held. A. K. Burroughs was elected to
take charge of all of
the laboring departments of the Society
and each member
present required to obey implicitly his
orders.
Meeting adjourned.
J. Fox, Clerk & Chairman.
At a meeting of the members of the
Kendal Community
held at their usual place of holding the
same on the 15th of De-
cember, 1827, the following business was
transacted:
1st. Mr. Tuttle of Buffalo, N. Y., was
admitted as a mem-
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ber of the Kendal Community for mutual
interests by a unani-
mous vote.
2nd. The petitions of Samuel Underhill,
Nathaniel Under-
hill, Jethro Macy, Wm. G. Macy, Henry
Fosdick, James Bas-
lyer, Edward Dunn, Edward Hussey was
presented to the meet-
ing and granted by a unanimous vote of
the members.
3d.
A motion was made and carried in the affirmative that
a place of deposit be appointed for such
tools, as belong to the
Company and that all tools be carefully
deposited in the same
when not in use. Viz., In the
brick-house cellar all of the shovels,
hoes, mattocks, iron bars, stone wedges,
picks, iron wedges, belts
and belting. Also at the blacksmith shop
at Burrough's all plows,
harrows, ox yokes, chains, double-trees,
single-trees. At the
horse barn, all saddles, bridles and
horse harness of all descrip-
tions. In the brick house garret all of
the rakes, forks, scythes
and scythe harness. All Carpenter's and
Joiner's tools belonging
to the wagon shop, also to the
carpenter's and joiner's shop and
factory be carefully deposited
immediately after being used by
the persons using them under the penalty
of forfeiting the price
of the tool not duly returned.
4th. A motion was made and carried in
the affirmative
that the horse that was purchased by A.
K. Burroughs of Elijah
Loveland be received by the Company at
the price that said Bur-
roughs paid for him and placed to his
credit at Thirty Dollars.
5th. A motion was made and carried in the
affirmative that
Amasa Bailey be and is hereby appointed
to see that all tools
belonging to the Company are placed in
the proper place agree-
able to the third motion under this date
above, under the penalty
of losing his appointment if not done
within a reasonable time.
6th. Meeting adjourned to the usual
time.
A. K. BURROUGHS, Chairman.
JEHIEL FOX, Clerk.
DECEMBER 22, 1827.
Met agreeable to adjournment and passed
the following
resolutions. Viz.,
That all of the male members meet at the
carpenter's shop
every evening for the purpose of knowing
from the Superin-
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tendents the business of the following
day, the meeting to be
held at 8 o'clock, P. M.
Resolved, That a committee be appointed to report at our
next meeting a plan to amend the Bond of
Compact. The fol-
lowing members were appointed as that
committee: S. Under-
hill, J. Fox, John Harmon.
No further business presenting itself
the meeting adjourned
to the usual time of holding the same.
J. Fox, Clerk.
DECEMBER 29, 1827.
The members of the Kendal Community met
according to
adjournment. A. Bailey, Chairman, pro
tem.
A motion was made and carried in the
affirmative that the
Commissioners be authorized to sell
timber and other personal
property that they may think prudent for
the benefit of the
Company.
The committee appointed at our last
meeting were re-ap-
pointed to report at our next meeting an
additional clause to be
annexed to our Bond of Compact relative
to individuals charging
interest on any property turned into the
common stock of the
Company by all members subscribing to
the amendment for the
relinquishment of interest.
Meeting adjourned to the first day of
January next at 1
o'clock, P. M.
A. BAILEY, Chairman,
JEHIEL Fox, Clerk.
JAN'Y 1st, 1828.
Voted that Asa K. Burroughs, Henry
Fosdick, Jehiel Fox,
Frederick Oberlin and William G. Macy be
appointed Commis-
sioners.
Voted that Jehiel Fox be appointed
treasurer.
Voted that Jethro Macy be appointed
Clerk.
Meeting adjourned to Saturday next.
SATURDAY, Jan'y 5th, 1828.
Met agreeable to adjournment.
Voted that the Commissioners meet weekly
on Wednesday
evening.
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SATURDAY, Jan'y 12th, 1828.
Voted that Nathaniel Underhill take the
charge of the
garden.
Voted that Charles C. Wright of New York
be empowered
to act as agent for the Community to
raise capital and render us
such assistance as he may be capable of.
SATURDAY, Jan'y 19th, 1828.
Voted that the Commissioners be
requested to appoint sub-
committees to manage several of the
various departments of
business of the community.
The business of the meeting of the first
of January having
been minuted on a loose sheet of paper,
it has been inad-
vertently omitted to be recorded in its
proper place.
JAN'Y 1st, 1828.
At a general meeting of the members the
following resolu-
tions were passed.
The committee appointed at our last
meeting made a report
on the subject submitted to them
touching interest on property
turned into the common stock of the
Community. The following
persons voted in favour of the
relinquishment of interest.
We, the subscribers, members of the
Kendal Community
conceiving the mutual charge of interest
by each member putting
in property to militate against the
prosperity and genius of the
Constitution, do hereby mutually agree
with each other, that from
the first day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and twenty-
eight, we will ourselves charge none as
individuals, but hereby
give all the interest that would accrue
to us, from time to time,
a donation to the Society, and that part
of the Bond of Compact
giving interest on property turned into
common stock is hereby
repealed and annulled so far as relates
to the persons signing
this instrument.
The regulation allowing monthly wages to
each member of
the Community dated April 19th,
1827, is suspended by vote.
A motion was made by Amasa Bailey that a
committee be
appointed to make report as soon as
practicable, the dividend to
The Kendal Community. 205
each member which was declared to
devolve on the Commis-
sioners.
Resolved, That no property other than money heretofore
turned in or hereafter to be turned in
to the common stock of
this community by any member thereof or
by any persons, unless
by special agreement, shall draw
interest after this date, not-
withstanding any specifications to the
contrary in the article
called the Bond of Compact.
SATURDAY, Jan'y 26th, 1828.
The company met. Time of the meeting
occupied in con-
versation, none of which was legally
acted upon.
SATURDAY, Feb'y 2, 1828.
The company met, some misunderstandings
rectified and
some imaginary grievances redressed, and
some suggestions made
to facilitate the business of the
Commissioners.
SATURDAY, Feb'y 9, 1828.
Much important conversation this evening
in relation to the
business of the Community, particularly
relating to the cultivation
of onions, carrots, potatoes, etc., and
a dissertation on the great
advantages of a good garden, also on the
evils of exorbitant
profits on articles bought at retail
prices. The necessity of having
a machine for breaking flax was stated
which it was thought best
to have immediately. It was also
concluded to prosecute the
building of a house for the use of the
members vigorously.
SATURDAY, Feb'y 16, 1828.
The committee appointed by the
Commissioners reported
that they had made considerable progress
towards an inventory
of the property and wished to be
continued another week.
SATURDAY, Feb'y 23, 1828.
The committee appointed to take an
inventory of the
property report that they have completed
that business, the read-
ing of which was postponed until next
week.
The petition of Sarah Ann Cady was read
when it was con-
cluded not to receive her as a member.
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Voted that Asa K. Burroughs serve as
Acting Commissioner
and that Jehiel Fox be Commissioner and
master builder, and
that he have the assistance of Henry
Fosdick, David Culver,
Larry McCall, William T. Harding, and
Martin Langdon.
MARCH 1st, 1828.
Voted that the report of the committee
appointed by the
Commissioners to take an inventory of
the property be ac-
cepted.
Voted that the meeting adjourn to meet
again on Tuesday
evening next, the 4th of March.
MARCH 4, 1828.
The company met and resolved that it was
expedient to
build a mill, etc., and were willing
that certain individuals should
be selected for that purpose.
MARCH 8, 1828.
Voted that Nathaniel Underhill serve as
Chairman for the
evening.
Voted that we adjourn until tomorrow
evening.
MARCH 9, 1828.
Met agreeable to adjournment.
The petition of Delucena Newcomb to
become a member
of the Community was read and granted.
Voted that an inventory and appraisal of
all the property,
household furniture and clothing
belonging to the members be
taken and the mending of the same to be
done at the expense of
the Community.
Voted that all executive power be
jointly vested in the Com-
missioners notwithstanding any By-Laws
to the contrary.
Voted that a committee be appointed to
revise the Constitu-
tion, By-Laws and Bond of Compact.
Voted that Samuel Underhill, Amasa
Bailey, and Luther
Hanchett be appointed to serve on the
above mentioned business.
Voted that Amasa Bailey and William G.
Macy be ap-
pointed to take an inventory and
appraisal of the furniture of
those persons not heretofore inventoried
and appraised.
The Kendal Community. 207
MARCH 16, 1828.
Voted that the revised Constitution be
recommitted to the
committee.
Voted that we adjourn till tomorrow
evening.
MARCH 17, 1828.
Voted that we accept the Constitution as
now presented.
MARCH 19, 1828.
Voted that the Society come prepared on
next Saturday
evening to elect five Commissioners.
Voted that the following persons be
appointed to attend to
the building: Viz., Jehiel Fox, L.
McCall, H. Burroughs, A. K.
Burroughs, H. C. Fosdick, E. Dunn, P.
Wagoner, and M. Lang-
don, J. Blackman, Amasa Bailey, W. T.
Harding, J. Winter,
W. Macy, Elijah Bigelow; and for farming, F. Oberlin, Adam
Oberlin, David Solomon, David Kennedy,
D. Culver, S. Davis,
J. Sailor, J. Harmon, N. Underhill, H.
Camp, E. C. Hussey.
MARCH 22, 1828.
Voted that A. K. Burroughs, Samuel
Underhill, Wm. Macy,
Amasa Bailey, and John Harmon be
Commissioners.
Voted that Frederick Oberlin, John
Harmon, and Frederick
Camp be a committee to superintend the
agricultural concerns.
Voted that Nathaniel Underhill serve as
gardener.
Voted that we adjourn until tomorrow
evening at 6 P. M.
MARCH 23, (SUNDAY EVENING).
On the application of Joseph Tinkler for
a review of his
former settlement, voted that this
community have no further
dealings with said Tinkler, except to
collect our dues from him.
On a similar claim from William Widgeon,
voted the same
be referred to the Commissioners.
On motion, voted that the community meet
on next Tuesday
evening at 7 o'clock to take up the
subject of a revision of our
Constitution and By-Laws. Also voted
that Asa K. Burroughs
and John Harmon be an additional
committee to prepare a draft
of a Revised Constitution.
Meeting adjourned.
JOHN
HARMON, Clerk, pro tem.
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MARCH 25, 1828.
Met and adjourned till tomorrow evening.
MARCH 26, 1828.
Met agreeable to adjournment.
The committee appointed for the purpose reported a draft of
a new Constitution which was read, and with some small altera-
tions, accepted by the meeting.
Voted that Samuel Underhill be a committee to procure it
to be printed with a caption.
Meeting adjourned until Saturday next at 6 o'clock at the
brick house.
MARCH 29, 1828, Saturday.
Met agreeable to adjournment.
Voted, that the trustees be authorized to close the contract
with Arvine Wales giving him eight acres and 100 rods for 3
acres.
Voted, that the Commissioners be requested to select for
our consideration and approval such sub-committees as they may
think needful for transacting the business of the Society.
Voted, that we adjourn till Monday evening at 7 P. M.
MARCH 31, 1828.
Met agreeable to adjournment. The Constitution was signed
by most of the members.
APRIL 5, 1828.
Amount of sawing for the two last weeks ............. $27 90
Tailor work for the week ............................ 5 81
Blacksmith work .................................... 7 50
Uncle Jonathan wound 100
bobbins ................... 50
A letter from L. T. Everett was read in which he made
application for membership which was granted, and Samuel
Underhill, Amasa Bailey, and Jehiel Fox were appointed to
correspond with said Everett on the subject.
Voted that we adjourn till tomorrow evening at 7 P. M.
The Kendal
Community. 209
APRIL 6, 1828.
Met agreeable to
adjournment. The letter written by the
committee and
addressed to L. T. Everett was read, criticised
and directed to be
forwarded.
APRIL 12, 1828.
Voted that the
Commissioners have the care of the lumber
and limestone.
APRIL 19, 1828.
Amount of sawing this
week-10 days............... $34 51
Tailoring
........................................ 10
07
Blacksmithing ....................................... 1025
$63 63
Adjourned till
tomorrow evening at 6 o'clock.
SUNDAY, April 20,
1828.
Met and adjourned.
APRIL 26, 1828.
Amount of sawing this
week ......................... $24 30
Smith's work, $7
community, $7 out .................. 14 00
Sadler Shop
...................................... .. 800
Doctors
........................................ 2
00
Trees set
out this year ............................... 450
Voted that Wm. G.
Macy, John Harmon and D. Newcomb
be appointed to take
charge of the boys and employ them as
profitably as
possible.
APRIL 27, 1828.
Met agreeable to
adjournment.
The petition of
Richard Hussey was read and accepted.
Dr. Delucena Newcomb
arrived here and located the 22nd
instant.
Samuel Davis left the
community the 25th inst.
Calvin Reed left the
community the 25th inst.
Voted that the women
of the community being wives of the
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210 Ohio
Arch. and Hist. Society Publications.
members
of this Society, shall be considered as members of the
community
on signing the Constitution.
Voted
that the women of the community meet once each
week
and report to the Commissioners the wants of the various
families
which occur in the female department.
MAY
3, 1828.
Voted
that Wm. G. Macy be released from the charge of
the
boys and that Jethro Macy take the charge in his stead.
Amount
of tailor work since April 23d................ $10 25
Amount of
blacksmith work
.......................... 15 62
Daniel
Pond came forward at this meeting and requested
to be
admitted as a member of this Community, when it was
concluded
to give him an opportunity of proving his usefulness.
MAY
10, 1828.
No
record of any business.
MAY
17, 1828.
The
clerk being absent Nathaniel Underhill was appointed
for
the evening and John Saylor to the chair.
S.
Underhill's bill for medical attendance for the week
past is ......................................... $7 12
Sawm
ill report is..................................... 16 43
Amount of
blacksmith work
.......................... 12
00
$35
55
John
H. Blackman presented a petition for liberty to with-
draw,
which was agreed to by a unanimous vote.
John
Harmon and Amasa Bailey are appointed to examine
the
old and new Constitutions and report whether the new Con-
stitution
has three-fourths of the male members' names set to it.
The
above committee report that three-fourths of the adult
members
have signed the new Constitution and it is also voted
that
the New Constitution be and is in full force hereafter and
bears
date of the 17th of May, 1828.
The Kendal Community. 211
MAY 24, 1828.
Voted that each Commissioner have a pencil book and
keep
a careful account of all his transactions and if any
member get
an article or transact any business that he report the
same forth-
with to the Commissioners.
Voted that Amasa Bailey and Samuel Underhill be a com-
mittee to employ a teacher and establish a school.
Jonathan Moores' resignation dated May 18th, was
accepted.
Voted that no person take any vegetables from the
garden
without leave of the gardener.
Voted that the Company meet every fourth week at the
school-house.
Samuel Underhill's bill for medical attention for the
week past
is................... .................
$12 53
Blacksmith's report for the week ...................... 12 00
Sawmill report for the week
.......................... 21 17
Tailoring since M ay 5th
.............................. 19 87
$65 57
JUNE 20th, 1828.
Voted that Asa K. Burroughs be appointed chairman for
this meeting.
Report of sawing since May 24.......................
$64 62
Report of
tailoring since May 24
..................... 14 121/2
JULY 26th, 1828.
Voted that any person leaving the business of the Com-
munity and going elsewhere to work without the consent
of the
Commissioners shall be charged any amount that the
Commis-
sioners shall deem the damage to be to the interest of
the Com-
munity.
Voted that we adjourn until tomorrow at 9 o'clock.
JULY 27th, 1828.
Met agreeable to adjournment.
The request of Chester Clough to become a member of
Kendal Community was read and referred to a committee,
Viz.
Delucena Newcomb and Asa K. Burroughs, to report at the
next meeting.
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Voted that a committee of five persons
be appointed to meet
with Philip Wagoner in regard to a
settlement and report on
Thursday next at 7 o'clock.
SEPT. 10, 1828.
A special meeting of the Kendal
Community was called.
Henry Fosdick, Chairman, and D. C.
Pratt, Clerk.
Voted that the Company be requested to
notify the mem-
bers of the Community to attend a
meeting on the 11th inst. at
7 o'clock, P. M.
Voted that Amasa Bailey be requested to
attend and make
a report as usual.
Voted that the meeting adjourn to the
11th inst. at 7 o'clock,
P. M., at the home of John Harmon.
SEPTEMBER 11th, 1828.
Company met pursuant to adjournment.
Samuel Underhill in the chair and John
Harmon, Clerk.
Philip Wagoner, Adam Oberlin, John
Oberlin, Delucena
Newcomb and Mary Newcomb are by vote
permitted to with-
draw from this company according to
their respective requests.
Voted that the Company hereafter hold
their stated meet-
ings every Saturday evening.
Meeting adjourned to meet at this place.
JOHN HARMON, Clerk pro tem.
OCTOBER 5th, 1828.
The Kendal Community voted that Jethro
Macy be and is
hereby released from all connection with
said Community and
he is to have all the furniture in the
house he now occupies, also
the provisions and spinning wheel and
rolls and everything of
every kind in his house.
Voted that Samuel Underhill be released
from the Com-
munity and that he have all the
furniture that he may have had
of the Community, and that he be allowed
all the amount that
he may have charged and not collected
against individuals out
of the Community, his electrical
machine, and all the medicine
that he may have on hand, together with
his books and surgical
instruments, and that the above be a
full and complete discharge
and settlement.
The Kendal Community. 213
Voted that Edward Dunn be released from
Kendal Com-
munity and that the Community pay him
fifteen dollars in cash
which he lent them.
Voted that William G. Macy be released
from all connec-
tion with Kendal Community.
Voted that James Bayliss be released
from all connection
with Kendal Community and that Kendal
Community pay him,
the said James Bayliss, ten dollars, in
cash.
Voted that Edward Hussey be released
from all connection
with Kendal Community.
Voted that the Company adjourn until
tomorrow at 2 o'clock
P. M. at the house of John Harmon.
JETHRO MACY, Clerk.
J. HARMON, Chairman.
OCTOBER 6th, 1828.
Community met pursuant to adjournment
and appointed
Amasa Bailey, Clerk pro tem.
The petition of John Sprague to be
dismissed from the Com-
munity was presented and read and not
agreed to.
The petition of Henry C. Fosdick to be
discharged from
the Kendal Community was read and agreed
to on the following
conditions: That he have his shoemaking
tools and carpenter
tools and all the furniture that he has
in possession (except a
of foxes, and a crane in the
fire-place), some flax in
the bundle, a quantity of garden sauce
to be agreed upon, and
the Company is to pay D. Middleton one
dollar and Aaron
Chapman thirty-three cents on his
account as it now stands; it
was voted and carried in the
affirmative.
The petition of Nathaniel Underhill to
be dismissed from
the Kendal Community was received and agreed
to on the fol-
lowing conditions: That he have the
household furniture in his
possession, except the cupboard that he
has in use, that he is to
have some stocking wool, some garden
sauce, and flax in the
bundle, and tobacco that he has saved.
It was voted and carried
in the affirmative.
Meeting adjourned until Saturday next.
JOHN HARMON, Chairman.
AMASA BAILEY, Clerk.
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At a regular meeting of Kendal Community
held at J. Fox's,
October 11th, 1828, Jehiel Fox,
Chairman, and John Harmon,
Clerk pro tem.
On motion, agreed, that a committee of
three be appointed
to submit to our next meeting a written
plan for the regulation
of our concerns, and particularly, a
plan for leasing part or all
of the property of the Company. On
motion, voted, that Jehiel
Fox and John Harmon and Amasa Bailey be
said committee.
Voted that this meeting adjourn to meet
at this place tomor-
row P. M. at 3 o'clock.
JOHN HARMON, Chairman.
OCTOBER 12, 1828.
Meeting convened pursuant to
adjournment.
On a reconsideration of the application
of John Sprague for
a discharge, it was agreed to, and that
he have the blacksmith
tools and one pair of young oxen, his
household furniture and
a share of garden sauce, and have a
final discharge from the
Community.
On application of David Solomon to
withdraw from this
Community, resolved, that Amasa Bailey
be authorized to set-
tle with and discharge the said David
Solomon accordingly.
Voted that John Harmon be authorized to
procure an ex-
change of receipts and discharges
between this Community and
Anna Underhill, Deborah Underhill, Fosdick, Jane
Biglow, Mary Pratt and Mary Harding.
WHEREAS, Elijah Bigelow and Daniel C.
Pratt have for
some time past discontinued cooperating
for this Community
and have disclaimed the privileges of
the same, therefore,
Resolved, That the Commissioners be authorized to call on
the said Bigelow and Pratt for
settlement and to discharge them
from this Community.
On the application of Elijah B.
Bottsford for his discharge
from this Community, voted that the said
Elijah B. Bottsford
be discharged accordingly.
Meeting adjourned.
JEHIEL Fox, Chairman.
JOHN HARMON, Clerk.
The Kendal Community. 215
At a meeting of Kendal Community,
otherwise called
Friendly Association for Mutual
Interest, held at the brick house
on January 1st, 1829, John Saylor,
Chairman, and John Harmon,
Clerk.
On motion, voted that Horace Burroughs
and John Harmon
be a committee to draft an instrument to
authorize the trustees
to make and appoint Arvine Wales our
agent to make deeds of
the Kendal Community land.
Voted that Wm. Skinner, Larry McCall and
Amasa Bailey
be a committee to make an inventory of
the personal property
of the Community.
Meeting adjourned till tomorrow morning
at 9 o'clock.
JANUARY 2, 1829.
Members convened and the written
authority to A. Wales
above mentioned, being prepared was
presented.
JANUARY 3, 1829.
Same executed and deposited with M.
Macy. Luther
Hanchett appointed Chairman.
On motion, voted unanimously, that this
Company take im-
mediate measures to discontinue business
as a Company and
that measures be taken to sell off the
personal property of the
Company, except the machinery in the
woolen factory, and
clothing establishment.
Voted that William Skinner, Amasa Bailey and Luther
Hanchett be a committee to prepare a
detailed plan for closing
the concern of the Company and report
the same to an adjourned
meeting.
Voted that Luther Hanchett and Larry
McCall be a com-
mittee to settle with Dr. Samuel
Underhill.
Voted that this meeting adjourn to next
Monday morning
at 9 o'clock.
JANUARY 5, 1829.
Company met and adjourned till tomorrow
morning at nine
o'clock.
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Publications.
JANUARY 6, 1829.
Company met at the brick house agreeable to
adjournment.
Horace Burroughs was appointed Chairman and J. Harmon,
Clerk.
INVENTORY OF PROPERTY OF THE KENDAL COMMUNITY TAKEN
15TH OF FEB., 1828.
Land 2,183 acres
valued
at................................... $21500.00
Improvements since June 1st, 1826, fence
.................... 320.00
Carpenter's shop and corn house ...................
.......... 220.00
Blacksmith's shop .......................................... 40.00
Forebay or flume at factory.................................. 75.00
Looms $100, Shearing Machine $100
.......................... 200.00
Quill wheels, warping
bars, &c............................... 30.00
Land cleared, 30 acres
....................................... 100.00
Orchard $75, grain on the ground
$280....................... 355.00
Hewn Stone $200, Lumber $300 .............................. 500.00
8 horses $250, 4 yoke oxen, $120
............................. 370.00
Cows and young cattle .................... ................. 293.00
90 sheep at
$1.50, 1 buck
$5.00 ............................... 140.00
Blacksmith's tools .......................................... 68.00
Greenhides
.................................................. 40.00
Improvements on sawmill
.................................... 20.00
Stock tools and work in shoe shop
.......................... 15.00
Stock tools and work in wagon shop
......................... 124.00
$24410.00
Improvements on factory in tools, machinery, &c, as
also
stock on hand, Viz.:
Ropings and
wool.......................................... . $30.00
Reeds $12, press-paper
$6 .................................... 18.00
Carding Machine $300, Picker $15 ..................... ........ 315.00
2 Spinning Jinnys $55, Roving billy $30
...................... 85.00
Press Bar $2.50, Stoves & Pipe
$24.00....................... 26.50
3 kettles (iron) Dye stuff
................................... 26.00
Teasle $3.00, Pails
$1.00, Soap $1.25
.......................... 5.25
Act Book $1, Brushes $1 .................................... 2.00
Cloth on and in factory .................................... 153.61
Amount in factory and Dye shop ................... ......... $661.36
Amount brot down
.......................................... 24410.00
$25071.36
The Kendal Community. 217
Farming tools and carpenter's tools
.......................... $85.21
3 wagons,
1 ox
cart, 1 water cart ............................ 140.00
Harness for horses
.......................................... 85.00
4 riding saddles and bridles
................................. 33.00
Bags $15, axes
$20..... ..................................... 35.00
Rakes& pitchforks......................................... 8.00
Shovels & hoes
.............................................. 9.00
Sleds $5,
grindstones
$6...................................... 11.00
W agonbox $6,
hayracks
$5.................................. 11.00
2 turning lathes, sash stuff, wheels, indigo mill, side
saddle, etc. 68.00
Carpenter's & Joiner's tools of J. Fox
........................ 149.62
Stock, work finished & tools in sadler's shop
................... 161.59
Grain on hand $50, Meat $80
................................ 130.00
Potatoes .......................................... 40.00
Due on notes and accounts
................................. 388.87
Balances found due evening of 16th of Feb'y
................. 95.60
Amount brot
down......................................... 25071.36
$26522.25
SCHEDULE OF DEBTS OWED BY THE KENDAL COMMUNITY FEB'Y
16TH, 1828.
Due for
premises............................................ $19350.59
Due Jonathan Taylor
....................................... 1030.00
Due Arvine Wales
........................................ 1243.04
Due Barrillai Wells & Co
................................... 30.00
" John W agoner
......................................... 43.75
" Theophilus Potter
..................................... 160.00
for shearing machine ................................... 55.00
John Asicke 10.00
" John A sicke
........................................... 10.00
" Frederick M iller .......................................
40.00
" Frederick Oberlin ..................................... 21.45
" Philip W agoner ....................................... 133.87
" Am asa Bailey ......................................... 198.75
" Judgment in favour of Kitchel
......................... 55.00
" Fogle
$7.00, Saxton $3.00 ................ ............. 10.00
" Judgments
in favour of McDole & Taylor.............. 60.00
" Ambrose Chapman .................................... 10.00
" Frederick Shepley ..................................... 8.00
" Estate of Charity Rotch ................................ 43.92
" Harris
$20, Miss Landom $11.00 ........................ 31.00
" Daniel M
eyers
........................................ 5.00
$22539.37
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SCHEDULE OF DEBTS DUE MEMBERS OF COMMUNITY.
Jehiel Fox ................................................. $686.25
John Sailor ................................................ 97.75
Jonathan M
oore
........................................... 81.91
Adam Oberlin
.............................................. 189.89
John Harmon
.............................................. 189.89
William Skinner
............................................ 51.87
John Sprague
.............................................. 203.57
Samuel Davis
.............................................. 67.55
Martin Langdon
............................................ 41.90
Elijah Bigelow
............................................. 31.08
Jonathan Winter, $175.95, & $400
............................. 575.95
David Culver
.............................................. 421.07
David Solomon
............................................ 74.33
Frederick Oberlin
........................................... 296.72
Larry McCall
.............................................. 130.91
Calvin Reed ............................................... 80.39
W illiam T. H arding .................. ....................... 225.68
Philip Wagoner
............................................ 635.15
Amasa Bailey
.............................................. 614.08
W m . H . H anchett
........................................... 48.11
Wm. Wigeon
.............................................. 102.91
Daniel C. Pratt
............................................. 35.74
Asa K. Burroughs
.......................................... 510.09
Edward Dunn
.............................................. 30.00
James Bayliss
.............................................. 14.32
Samuel Underhill
........................................... 186.89
$5624.00
The following are the sums total of household goods as
ap-
praised by J. Fox and Phillip Wagoner and by Amasa
Bailey
and William Macy in committees appointed by the Society
for
that purpose. The sum set to each name is the sum total
of
household goods and clothing as will appear by
inventory on file:
M arch 15, 1828 Jethro M acy .................................
$750.75
Feb'y, 1827 Amasa Bailey ................................ 447.56
1827 Luther Hanchett ............................. 292.44
1827 David Culver ................................ 109.23
1827 John Sprague ................................ 102.44
1827 John Saylor ................................. 138.61
1827 W
illiam Harding ............................. 111.76
1827 Phillip W agoner ............................. 205.90
1827 Samuel Davis ................................ 349.63
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M arch, 1828 Samuel Underhill ............................ 231.21 1828 Nathaniel Underhin .......................... 226.73 1828 M artin Langdon ............................. 150.00 1828 John Oberlin ................................. 84.37 1828 David Solomon ............................... 65.10 1828 William G. Macy ............................. 90.49 1828 Edward C. Hussey ............................ 66.62 1828 Jehial Fox ................................... 384.00 1828 John Harmon ................................ 328.50 1828 Asa K. Burroughs ........................... 420.68 1828 Larry McCall ................................ 262.76 1828 Jonathan Moor ............................... 275.18 1828 John Blackman ............................... 150.47 1828 Daniel Pratt ................................. 104.22 1828 Edward Dunn ............................... 45.34 1828 James Bayliss ................................ 44.85 1828 Frederick Oberlin ............................ 153.11 1828 Adam Oberlin ............................... 122.51 1828 D. C. Newcomb ............................. 149.39
[Thus the affairs of the Kendal Community, after an existence of some three years, come to an end. We hope in some future number of the QUARTERLY to give the particulars of the final result, showing the outcome to the community itself and to its individual members.-E. 0. R.] |
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THE KENDAL
COMMUNITY.
WENDALL P. FOX, MASSILLON.
[The following article concerning the
"Kendal Community" was
secured for publication through the
courtesy of Mr. Wendall P. Fox
of Massillon, Ohio. Mr. Fox in an
explanatory letter to the Editor
makes the statement a portion of which
we use as a preface to the
article itself.-E. 0. R.]
PREFACE.
According to the "History of Stark
County" the first set-
tlers came to Perry township in the
summer of 1806. Perry
township included the territory occupied
by the city of Massillon
and the old village of Kendal is
included within the present cor-
porate limits of the city. The township
of Perry was created in
1813.
The inhabitants of the township were
directed by the com-
missioners to meet at the house of
Samuel Patton, in Kendal,
on the last Saturday of February, 1814,
to elect township offi-
cers. From this it may be seen that the
village of Kendal was
in existence before Perry township was
organized. From the
source mentioned above we learn that the
first religious society
organized west of Canton in Stark County
was the "The Kendal
Preparative Meeting of the Society of
Friends" their Monthly
Meeting being at Marl-Borough, Quarterly
Meeting at Salem,
and the Yearly Meeting being held at
Mount Pleasant, Jefferson
County. It is supposed that all these
organizations existed as
early as 1813. The principal members of
Kendal Preparative
Meeting were Isaac Bowman, Richard
Williams, Zaccheus
Stanton, Charles Coffin, Thomas Rotch,
Mayhew Folger, Joseph
Hobson, Jonathan Michener, Matthew Macy, Thomas Coffin,
Micajah Macy, and others, all of whom
with a single exception,
were heads of families. About the year
1825 Kendal was visited
by two men, Paul Brown and Josiah
Warren, who were both
disciples of Robert Owen the founder of
a socialistic Com-
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