2023-08 Raynors HCA Live
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/27/2023
JOHN NOYES (1811-1886) American utopian socialist. Noyes founded the Oneida Community in 1848 and coined the term "free love." Best known for the production of tableware, the Oneida Community also practiced complex marriage, in which all women of the community were wives of all the men and all men of the community were husbands of all the women. Autograph Document Signed, "John Noyes." One page. 6 ½" x 2 3/4" Putney, Vermont. June 3, 1836. The document reads: "Cashier of Cheshire Bank Sir, Please Pay to L. G. Mead the dividends on my ten shares in said bank. John Noyes." After his expulsion from Yale and the revocation of his preachers license in 1834, John Noyes returned to Putney Vermont where he continued preaching. Soon after his arrival, Noyes's Putney community began to take shape. Started in 1836 as the Putney Bible School, the community became a formal communal organization in 1844, practicing complex marriage and male continence. In 1847, Noyes was arrested for adultery and warrants for several of his followers were issued. Within the year, the group fled to Oneida, New York, where they established a communal community that survived until 1879. An interesting and rare autograph.
Click on a thumbnail above to display a larger image below
Hold down the mouse button and slide side to side to see more thumbnails(if available).
Click above for larger image.