John Patterson MacLean (1848-1939)

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

In Ohio state he dealt in Shaker documents, and became a historian of the Shakers.

Publications

 * Scotland
 * A history of the clan Mac Lean 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 Richard McNemar (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 * Shakers of Ohio: fugitive papers concerning the Shakers of Ohio, with unpublished manuscripts (1907)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