The Oneida Community

Title: The Oneida Community

Author: [Seymour, Henry J.]

Publication: Kenwood [New York]: [Henry J. Seymour], 1897.

Description: Replies from a surviving member of the Oneida Community to questions about its dissolution. Caption title. Date and place of publication from text: "Kenwood, June 22, 1897." First edition. 8.125 x 5.5 inches; 8 pages. Light wear and toning, 2-inch split at one fold. Very Good.

The Oneida Community was one of the best-known 19th-century American utopian experiments. It was founded by John Humphrey Noyes in 1848 as a Christian perfectionist communal society that practiced group marriage, eugenics, and mutual criticism. In 1881 the community was dissolved and reorganized as a joint-stock company Oneida Community Limited, which eventually became a major manufacturer of silverware.