History of American Socialisms

by John Humphrey Noyes

INDEX.

• Allen, John, [179], [212], [291], [536].
• Alphadelphia Phalanx, [388].
• Andrews, Stephen Pearl, [94], [212], [566].
• Association, essential requisites of, [57];
  • its objects defined, [292].
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• Baker, Rapp's successor, [135].
  • founder of Hopedale, [119];
  • book on Socialism, [127];
  • Vice President at Boston Convention, [514];
  • complains of his timber, [647].
• Ballou, Adin, his sketch of Owen, [88];
• Beecher, Dr., revivalist, [103].
• Beizel, Conrad, founder of the Ephrata Community, [133].
• Belding, Dr. L.C., founder of Leraysville Phalanx, [263].
• Bimeler, Joseph, founder of the Zoar Community, [135].
• Bloomfield Association, [296].
• Blue Springs Community, [73].
• Boyle, James, [277].
  • publications, [113], [200], [450], [560];
  • edits column in Tribune, [201], [230];
  • specimen exposition, [202];
  • establishes the monthly Phalanx, [206];
  • converts Brook Farm, [209];
  • lectures, [269];
  • represents American Association in Europe, [216];
  • toasts Greeley, [226];
  • contrasted with Fourier, [249];
  • relation to Ohio Phalanx, [356];
  • letter to a Cincinnati Convention, [366];
  • selects site of North American Phalanx, [452];
  • inspires A.J. Davis, [566];
  • responsibility, [248], [250], [665];
  • his letter on Fourierism, [665].
• Brisbane, Albert, introduces Fourierism, [14], [23], [161];
  • history and description of, by Oliver Dyer, [578];
  • members of, [580];
  • religious belief, [580];
  • Communism, [581];
  • Internal Respiration, [581];
  • doctrine of Love and Marriage, [583];
  • Sense of Chastity, [583];
  • domestic affairs, [585];
  • "Will it Succeed?" [586];
  • Swedenborgianism, its religion, [589];
  • views of Bible, [593];
  • land-mania, [594].
• Brocton Community, [577];
  • Emerson's reminiscences of, [104];
  • its Transcendental origin, [108];
  • its afflatus, [109];
  • first notice of in the Dial, [109];
  • original constitution, [113];
  • conversion to Fourierism, [512];
  • new constitution, [522];
  • incorporation as a Phalanx, [527];
  • propagating Fourierism, [529];
  • under the lead of W.H. Channing, [530];
  • propagating Swedenborgianism, [537];
  • under the lead of John S. Dwight and Charles A. Dana, [546];
  • its Phalanstery destroyed by fire, [551];
  • dissolution, [559];
  • its end virtually the end of Fourierism, [563].
• Brook Farm, suggested by Dr. Channing, [104];
• Brooke, Dr. A., [310], [314].
• Brooke, Edward, [310].
• Buchanan, Dr., [84].
• Bureau Co. Phalanx, [409].
• Bush, Prof., [539].
  
• Campbell, Dr. Alexander, debates with Owen, [60], [86].
• Channings, their connection with Socialism, [103], [516].
• Charming, Dr., suggests Brook Farm, [104].
  • at Brook Farm, [106];
  • speeches, [215], [225], [533];
  • address at N.A. Phalanx, [468];
  • letter to Cincinnati Convention, [366];
  • expounds Fourierism in Boston, [513];
  • opinion of Fourier, [514];
  • succeeds Brisbane, [530];
  • leads Brook Farm in its conversion to Fourierism, [516];
  • religion of, [228], [562];
  • subscribes to the Raritan Bay Union, [488];
  • extols Swedenborg, [544].
• Channing, Wm. H., publishes the Present, [118];
  • letters from, [414], [416], [430];
  • on associative success, [432].
• Chase, Warren, founder of Wisconsin Phalanx, [411];
• Clarkson Phalanx, [278].
• Clermont Phalanx, [366].
• Columbian Phalanx, [404].
  • his report of the Sodus Bay Phalanx, [288].
• Collins, John A., founder of the Skaneateles Community, [162];
• Confederation of Associations, [272].
• Co-operative Society, [73].
• Co-operation not Socialism, [564].
• Coxsackie Community, [77].
  • writer for the Harbinger, [212];
  • what he says of Brook Farm's lack of history, [108].
• Curtis, Geo. Wm., at Brook Farm, [106];
  • mission of, [533];
  • address by, [222];
  • on Swedenborg, [547];
  • on Brocton Community, [586].
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  • rival of Swedenborg, [94], [539];
  • inspired by Brisbane and Bush, [566].
• Dana, Chas. A., agent of Am. Un. of Associationists, [535];
• Davis, A.J., his Harmonial Brotherhood, [11];
  • extracts from, [109], [113], [512], [513], [517].
• Deductive and Inductive Socialisms, [658].
  • Swedenborgian Fourierite, [542].
• Dial, The, history of, [105];
• Doherty, Hugh, writer for the Harbinger, [212];
  • on Swedenborg, [546].
• Draper, E.D., extinguishes Hopedale, [132].
• Dwight, John S., writer for the Harbinger, [212];
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• Ebenezer Community, [136].
  • attitude toward Brook Farm, [108];
  • lecture on Swedenborg, [543];
  • prevails over W.H. Channing, [562].
• Edger, Henry, [94].
• Edwards, Jonathan, father of revivals, [29].
• Emerson, R.W., his reminiscences of Brook Farm, [104];
• Ephrata, [133].
• Evans, Elder, [566].
  
• Finney, C.G., revivalist, [25].
  • had before him the example of the Shakers, [192];
  • birthday celebration, [226];
  • would disown the Phalanxes, [247];
  • contrasted with Brisbane, [248];
  • coupled with Swedenborg, [545];
  • criticism of, [249], [266], [665], [670].
• Flower, Richard, sells Harmony to Owen, [33].
  • preparation for, [102];
  • compared with Owenism, [193], [199];
  • account keeping, [276];
  • its dreams not confirmed by experience, [293];
  • based on a township, [510];
  • must be made alive by Christ, [518];
  • co-incident with Swedenborgianism [541], [546];
  • gave its strength to Spiritualism, [566], [613].
• Forrestville Community, [74].
• Fourier, Charles, theoretical, [185];
• Fourierism, introduced by Brisbane and Greeley, [14], [23];
  • edits the Dial, [109].
• Franks, J.J., [92].
• Franklin Community, [73].
• Fuller, Margaret, [105], [106];
• Fundamentals of Socialism, [193].
  
  • social architects, [181];
  • address by, [217], [226];
  • couples Fourier and Swedenborg, [541].
• Garden Grove Community, [409].
• Ginal, Rev. George, [252].
  • founder and regent of Ohio Phalanx, [354], [356], [363].
• Godwin, Parke, expositor of Fourierism, [181];
• Goose Pond Community, [259].
  • acknowledges the success of the religious Communities, [138];
  • treasurer of Sylvania Association, [208], [233];
  • toasted by Brisbane, [226];
  • his position, [229];
  • pledges his property to the cause, [232];
  • relation to Ohio Phalanx, [356], [358];
  • letter to Cincinnati Convention, [366];
  • address at N.A. Phalanx, [468];
  • offers a loan to N.A. Phalanx, [501];
  • controversy with Raymond, [562];
  • pronounces the Oneida Community a trade-success, [510];
  • summary of his socialistic experience, [653], [655].
• Grant, E.P., letter from, [214];
  • historian of Clarkson Phalanx, [278].
• Gray, John, at N.A. Phalanx, [478], [484].
• Greeley, Horace, introduces Fourierism, [14], [201];
  • Scott's estimate of, [575];
  • career, [578];
  • Universalist, [593];
  • Spiritualist, [593];
  • Swedenborgian, [577];
  • doctrine of respiration, [590];
  • leader at Brocton Community, [577].
• Greig, John, [271];
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• Harmonists, [32].
• Harris, T.L., leader at Mountain Cove Community, [573];
  • causes of failure.
• Haverstraw Community, [74].
• Hawthorne, Nathaniel, jilts Brook Farm, [107].
• Hempel, J.C., book on Fourier and Swedenborg, [545].
• Hopedale, Ballou's exposition of, [120], [127];
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  • Swedenborgian, [546].
• Individual Sovereignty, a reaction from Owenism, [42].
• Integral Phalanx, [377].
• Iowa Pioneer Phalanx, [409].
  
• Jacobi's Synopsis, [133].
• James, Henry, writer for the Harbinger, [212];
• Janson, Erick, founder of Bishop Hill Colony, [137].
• Jansonists, [137].
• Jefferson Co. Phalanx, [299].
• Johnson, Q.A., [166]; opposes Collins, [168].
  • at N.A. Phalanx, [481].
• Joint-Stockism, [195]; basis of, [197].
  
  • communications from, [603], [604], [606], [610].
• Kendal Community, [78].
  
• La Grange Phalanx, [397].
  • lectures, [271].
• Lane, Charles, on marriage, [519].
• Lazarus, M.E., writes for the Harbinger, [212];
• Lee, Ann, [134], [598], [599];
  • criticises Brisbane, [496].
• Leet, H.N., his letters about the Mountain Cove Community, [568], [569].
• Leland, T.C., his letter on the volcanic region, [268];
  • visits New Harmony, [31], [84];
  • Prairie Home, [317];
  • N.A. Phalanx, [473], [481], [485];
  • meets Owen, [88], [90].
• Leraysville Phalanx, [259].
• Literature of Fourierism, [200].
• Longley, Alcander, his perseverance, [91];
• Loofbourrow, Wade, president of Clermont Phalanx, [366], [368].
  
  • post mortem on the N.A. Phalanx, [499].
• Macdonald, A.J., account of him and his collections [1-9];
• Marlboro Association, [309].
• McKean Co. Association, [252].
• Meacham, Joseph, Shaker Elder, [152].
• Meeker, N.C., his letters from Trumbull Phalanx, [329], [337], [344];
• Metz, Christian, founder of the Ebenezers, [136].
  • afflatus, [152].
• Miller's end of the world, [161].
• Mixville Association, [299].
• Modern Times, [99].
• Moorhouse Union, [304].
• Mormonism, origin of, [267];
• Mountain Cove Community, [568].
  
• Nashoba, [66].
  • connects Owenism with Spiritualism, [566].
• National experience, theory of, [21].
  • Sears's history of first nine years, [450];
  • life at, [468];
  • Ripley's visit to, [469];
  • Neidharts' visit, [471];
  • Macdonald's first visit, [473];
  • second visit, [481];
  • third visit, [485];
  • Raritan Bay secession, [487];
  • religious controversy, [489];
  • burning of the mill, [495];
  • end, [499];
  • Meeker's post mortem, [499];
  • Hamilton's visit to the remains, [508];
• Nettleton, revivalist, [25].
• New Harmony, [30].
• New Lanark, factories owned by Owen, [60].
• Nichols, Dr. T.L., inaugurates Free Love, [93];
  • religious theory, [617];
  • social theory, [623];
  • material results [641].
• North American Phalanx, [449];
• Northampton Association, [154].
• Noyes, John H., founder of Oneida Community, [614]
  
• Ohio Phalanx, [354].
  • extent of his labors, [22];
  • founds New Harmony, [34];
  • declaration of mental independence, [39];
  • debate with Alexander Campbell, [60];
  • a spiritualist, [57], [565];
  • founder of Yellow Springs Community, [59];
  • trustee of Nashoba, [69];
  • father of American Socialism, [81], [91];
  • success at New Lanark, [81];
  • Texas Scheme, [87];
  • in Washington, [87];
  • before Albany State Convention, [89];
  • family, [84];
  • his scheme compared with Fourier's, [194].
• Oneida Community, [614];
  • compares New Lanark with New Harmony, [48];
  • trustee of Nashoba, [69];
  • edits the Free Enquirer, [72];
  • publishes "Moral Physiology," [85];
  • career, [85];
  • a patron of Spiritualism, [84], [86], [565].
• One Mentian Community, [252].
  • article on Fourierism, [512], [517].
• Ontario Union, [298].
• Orvis, John, [179], [212], [291], [536].
• Owen, Robert, his American movement, [13];
  • writers for, [212];
  • editors, [217];
  • succeeds the Dial and Present, [517].
• Owen, Robert Dale, successor to Robert Owen, [85];
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• Peabody, Elizabeth P., essays in the Dial, [109], [113];
• Peace Union Settlement, [251].
• Personnel of Fourierism, [211].
• Phalanx, the, [102], [210];
• Plato, as practical as Fourier, [187]
• Prairie Home Community, [316].
  • controversy with Greeley, [562].
• Pratt, Minot, active at Brook Farm, [515].
• Pratt, John, his observations on Owen, [50].
• Present, the, [102], [209], [516].
  
  • at Fourier festival, [226];
  • his description of the N.A. Phalanx, [469];
  • active in transforming Brook Farm, [515];
  • defends Swedenborg, [549].
• Rapp, George, founder of Harmony, [32].
  • fascinated by Owen, [62].
• Rappites, [32], [135].
• Raymond, H.J., associated with Greeley, [229];
• Revivalism compared with Socialism, [26];
  • his history of the N.A. Phalanx, [450].
• an American production, [28].
  • afflatus, [151];
  • societies, [152];
  • close their doors, [596];
  • precursors of Modern Spiritualism, [597], [612];
  • their conditions of receiving members, [597];
  • sights of spiritual things, [599];
  • daily routine, [600];
  • union meetings, [601];
  • dancing, [603];
  • whirling, [604];
  • taking in Indian spirits, [604];
  • Shaker hell, [606];
  • spiritual presents, [606];
  • spiritual music and bathing, [608];
  • funeral [609];
  • purification, [610];
  • Shaker revival in Hades, [611].
• Ripley, George, the soul of Brook Farm, [108];
• Roe, Daniel, Swedenborgian minister, [61];
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• Sargant, Owen's biographer, [50], [58], [87].
• Schetterly, H.R., founder of Alphadelphia Phalanx, [388], [391].
• Sears, Charles, [477];
• Shakers, their principles, [139], [141];
  • and from various Socialisms, [565], [567], [613].
• Skaneateles Community, [161].
• Smolnikar, A.B., [251].
• Snowbergers, [136].
• Social Architects, [181].
• Social Reform Unity, [256].
  • in the Fourier movement, [260], [262];
  • at Brook Farm, [538];
  • the complement of Fourierism, [539], [542];
  • not favorable to Communism, [589], [592].
• Sodus Bay Phalanx, [286].
• Spiritualism, derived from Swedenborgianism, [538];
• Spring Farm Association, [407].
• Stillman, E.A., [275], [277], [296].
• St. Simon, [182], [192].
• Swedenborg, his doctrine of internal respiration, [590].
• Swedenborgianism, in the Owen movement, [59], [61];
• Sylvania Association, [233].
  
  • at Trumbull Phalanx, [336], [345];
  • at Ohio Phalanx, [358], [364];
  • works for Wisconsin Phalanx, [437], [438].
• Time Store, [95].
  • on New Harmony, [49];
  • founder of Modern Times, [93], [97], [556];
  • time store, [95];
  • at Clermont Phalanx, [374].
• Transcendentalists, [105], [118].
• Tribune, New York, Fourieristic phase of, [229].
• Trumbull Phalanx, [328].
  • at Clermont Phalanx, [376].
• Tubbs, his quarrel, [394].
  
• Utopia, [98].
  
• Van Amringe, H.H., his letter [214];
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  • first fiscal statement [418];
  • second fiscal statement, [422];
  • third fiscal statement, [434];
  • fourth fiscal statement, [439];
  • history by a member [440].
• Warren, Josiah, [42], [94];
  • visits Rappites and Shakers, [67];
  • founds Nashoba, [68];
  • assists on New Harmony Gazette and Free Enquirer, [71], [72];
  • lectures, [72].
• Washtenaw Phalanx, [409].
• Watson, A.M., [275].
• Wattles, John O., at Prairie Home, [316];
• White, John, his letter, [214].
• Williams, John S., founder of Integral Phalanx, [377].
• Williams, Rev. Aaron, D.D., historian of Rappites, [33], [35].
• Wisconsin Phalanx, [411];
• Wright, Frances, helpmate of the Owens, [66];
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• Yellow Springs Community, [59].
  
• Zoarites, [135].

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Typographical errors corrected in text:

Note that 'neat stock' (found on page 329) is a New England reference to dairy cattle that was commonly used in the 19th century.

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