John Patterson MacLean (March 12, 1848 – August 12, 1939) was an American Universalist minister and historian.[1]
In Ohio state he dealt in Shaker documents, and became a historian of the Shakers.[2]
Publications[]
- Scotland
- A history of the clan Mac Lean from its first settlement at Duard Castle (1889)
- Renaissance of the clan MacLean (1913)
- An Historical Account of The Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783
- Religion
- A sketch of the life and labors of Richard McNemar (1905)
- Shakers
- A concise history of the United Society of Believers called Shakers (1893)
- Shakers of Ohio: fugitive papers concerning the Shakers of Ohio, with unpublished manuscripts (1907)
- A Bibliography of Shaker Literature
- Archaeology
- A Manual of the Antiquity of Man (1877)
- The Mound Builders (1879)
- Mastodon, Mammoth and Man (1880)
- An historical, archaeological and geological examination of Fingal's Cave in the island of Staffa (1890)
- The Archaeological Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society (1901)
- A Critical Examination of the Evidences Adduced to Establish the Theory of the Norse Discovery
References[]
- ^ "Historical Sketch". Dayton Metro Library. http://www.daytonmetrolibrary.org/research-a-databases/history-a-genealogy/collections-a-exhibits/the-shaker-collection/168-historical-sketch. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ^ Wolford, John. B. 1989. Shaker Studies and Folklore: An Overview. Folklore Forum 22(1/2):78-107; online text.