New Harmony, a village (pop. 1095) of Indiana, 28 miles by rail NW. of Evansville, was first settled in 1815 by a German community of religious socialists, called Harmonists, under the leadership of George Rapp (q.v.). In 1824 the village and domain was purchased by Robert Owen, for an experimental community on his system; but this failed after a test of nearly three years.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 463
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