"John Melish's account of [his] visit in 1811 to Harmony, Pennsylvania, [presently in Butler County]is the best surviving description of the Harmony Society's first community in America. Nearly 200 years later it remains both a wide-angled and sharply focused introduction to these remarkable people." In this booklet's introduction, Joe White of the University of Pittsburgh explains the importanceof reproducing chapter 9 in Scotsman John Melish's 1812 TRAVELS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Melishdescribes his first impressions of the town as highly favorable and proceeds to give a detailedpicture of Harmony's size and shape, economic development and material culture. He portrays "the Harmonistsin an insightful way that has stood the test of time."