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Kay despairs more than ever about the possibilities for the success of Brook Farm. There has been too much emphasis on associationism and reform, and not enough on making each member working to make the community pay its own way. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 37-38.

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cz30q153g
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James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 2, 1846
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title
James Kay Jr. autograph letter signed to John Sullivan Dwight, Philadelphia, March 2, 1846
description
Kay despairs more than ever about the possibilities for the success of Brook Farm. There has been too much emphasis on associationism and reform, and not enough on making each member working to make the community pay its own way. Quoted in The Idyll of Brook Farm, p. 37-38.
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["March 2, 1846"]
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1846
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English
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Dwight, John Sullivan, 1813-1893
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Boston Public Library
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John Sullivan Dwight correspondence regarding Brook Farm, 1840-1848
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Brook Farm Phalanx (West Roxbury, Boston, Mass.)
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North and Central America
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Philadelphia (county)
United States
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Manuscripts
Correspondence
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United States
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Pennsylvania
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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia
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1
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2 sheets (7 p.)
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39.95
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-75.15
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