The Christians spiritual, or Shaker cake

Poetry. Printed in two columns; border of type ornaments at top and bottom; original dimensions not known. At head of text: The following lines were composed by Hannah Brownson, of Canterbury, N.H., a sister of the connection of believers usually called Shakers, by reason of a report that was in circulation, that they put a kind of seed into their bread or cake that so bewitched people joining them, that they could not easily get away. Poem in eight numbered eight-line stanzas. Imprint statement at end of text: Caleb B. Page, Lowell, Mass. S.J. Varney, Printer--Lowell, Mass. Suggested range of dates from internal evidence.