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CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Socialistic Communities |
 | | The Ephrata (Pennsylvania) Community was founded in 1732, and contained at one time 300 members, but in 1900 numbered only 17. |
 | | The Shakers adopted a socialistic form of organization at Watervliet, New York, in 1776. |
 | | The Harmonists, or Rappists, were established in Pennsylvania in 1805. |
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