Joseph Palmer (communard)

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Joseph Palmer (1791—1894) was a member of the Fruitlands commune, and an associate of Louisa May Alcott and other Transcendentalists.[1] He appears as the character, Moses White in the Louisa May Alcott’s Transcendental Wild Oats. He is also notable for serving a year in jail in Fitchburg, MA, for the crime of wearing a full beard.[2] [3] Palmer was also a founder of the Leominster and Harvard Benevolent Association with Charles Lane.[4] Palmer was a veteran of the War of 1812.

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  1. ^ Joseph Palmer. Amos Bronson Alcott. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  2. ^ Jonathan E. Dyer (2008-04-14). Joseph Palmer Persecuted for Wearing the Beard. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
  3. ^ Stewart Holbrook (Autumn 1944). "The Beard of Joseph Palmer". The American Scholar: 454-458. 
  4. ^ Charles Lane. Amos Bronson Alcott. Retrieved on 2008-05-25.
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