Adams family history; a history of Joseph Washington Adams and John Leedy Snyder, both of Newport, Pennsylvania, and of their ancestors and descendants
Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, v. 16, no. 1 (January 1993).
Summary
This article describes the initial religious and social disruption caused by Conrad Beissel's arrival in Lancaster County. He established the Ephrata Cloister in 1732. In time the community adjusted to Beissel and the Cloister.