Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Shepard” in chapter 8 of Lucius R. Paige, History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1630-1877, with a genealogical register:

...opinion ever known in this country, may have stimulated the subsequent desire to remove beyond the limits of Massachusetts. This seems to be indicated in the fifth Reason for removing, entered by Mr. Shepard on the fly-leaf of one of his manuscript books, namely:— Reas. for removing. 1. You say some brethren cannot live comfortably with so little. 2. We put all the rest upon a tempt...
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