John Patterson MacLean (March 12, 1848 – August 12, 1939) was an American Universalist minister and archaeologist and historian. While at

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he became a historian of the

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Biography

He was born on March 12, 1848, in

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. In 1864 at age sixteen he entered the

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. In 1867 he started at the

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, and he qualified for the ministry in 1869. In 1887 he went to the

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in Scotland to collect material for his "History of the Macleans." He received his

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in 1894. He died on August 12, 1939, in

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and was buried in

Publications

;Scotland
A history of the clan MacLean from its first settlement at Duard Castle
(1889)
Renaissance of the clan MacLean
(1913) *''An Historical Account of The Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783'' ;Religion *''A sketch of the life and labors of

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'' (1905) ;Shakers *''A concise history of the United Society of Believers called Shakers'' (1893) *''Shakers of Ohio: fugitive papers concerning the Shakers of Ohio, with unpublished manuscripts'' (1907) *''A Bibliography of Shaker Literature'' ;Archaeology *''A Manual of the Antiquity of Man'' (1877) *''The Mound Builders'' (1879) *''Mastodon, Mammoth and Man'' (1880) *''An historical, archaeological and geological examination of Fingal's Cave in the island of Staffa'' (1890) *''The Archaeological Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society'' (1901) *''A Critical Examination of the Evidences Adduced to Establish the Theory of the Norse Discovery''

References

External links

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Shaker Collection
Shaker Literature donated by J. P. MacLean, available in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the

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