Arrival Day, August 6, 1774

”Thus, after enduring the storms and dangers of the sea, in an old, leaky ship, which had been condemned as unfit for the voyage, and came very near foundering at sea, they all arrived safe in New York, on the sixth of August following.  This account was attested by the captain, and by many witnesses, both believers and unbelievers.”

This year marks the 250th anniversary of Arrival Day, when Shaker founder Mother Ann Lee and eight followers arrived in the harbor of New York.  Eventually, they would settle in Niskayuna (Albany, NY).

Mother Ann Lee described as ‘clothed with the sun.”



“Appendix: A Brief History of the Rise and Progress of The United Society,” written by Calvin Green and Benjamin S. Youngs, in the 1855 ‘The Testimony of Christ’s Second Appearing.’