History of American SocialismsNoyes, John Humphrey
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History of American Socialisms
Noyes, John Humphrey
Communism -- United States; Socialism -- United States
We find nothing after this in the _Phalanx_ about this Association.
Macdonald merely mentions a few such items as the date, place, etc.,
and concludes with the following terse epitaph: "It effected but
little, and was of brief duration. No further particulars."
THE MIXVILLE ASSOCIATION
was one of the group that radiated from Rochester, according to Mr.
Greig; but we can find no account of it anywhere, except that it had
not commenced operations at the time of the session of the
Confederated Council; though a delegate from it was a member of that
Council. How long it lived, or whether it lived at all, does not
appear.
THE JEFFERSON COUNTY PHALANX.
This Association, though not properly a member of the group that
radiated from Rochester, and somewhat remote from western New York,
was named among the confederated Associations, and sent a delegate to
the Bloomfield Council. Three notices of it occur in the _Phalanx_,
which we here present.
[From the _Phalanx_ October 5, 1843.]
"This Association has been commenced through the efforts,
principally, of A.M. Watson, Esq., the President, who for some
years past has been engaged in advocating and disseminating the
principles of Association in Watertown and that section of the
State. There are over three hundred persons now on the domain,
which consists of twelve or fifteen hundred acres of superior
land, finely watered, and situated within two or three miles of
Watertown. It is composed of several farms, put in by farmers,
who have taken stock for their lands, and joined the
Association. Very little cash capital has been paid in; the
enterprise was undertaken with the subscription of property,
real estate, provisions, tools, implements, &c., brought in by
the members, who were principally farmers and mechanics in the
neighborhood; and the result is an interesting proof of what can
be done by union and combined effort among the producing
classes. Different branches of manufactures have been
established, contracts for building in Watertown have been
taken, and an organization of labor into groups or squads, with
their foremen or leaders, has been made to some extent. The
agricultural department is prosecuted with vigor, and when last
heard from, the Association was flourishing. We hope from this
Association that perseverance and constancy--for it of course
has many difficulties to contend with--which will insure
success, and give another proof of the truth of the great
principles of combined effort and united interests."
[From the _Phalanx_, November 4, 1843.]
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