Strange Pilgrimage

Authors

Virginia M. Wright

Source

Down East

Date

8-2016

Pages

84-87, 120-132

Abstract

In August 1866, 157 people, primarily from Maine, followed charismatic preacher George Adams from Jonesport to the Holy Land. How this came to be, and what became of the emigrants is recounted in the article. [images]

Subjects

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages—Palestine, Jonesport (Me. : Town)

Recommended Citation

Wright, Virginia M., "Strange Pilgrimage" (2016). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 4592.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/4592