One good source on the burned-over district is Whitney R. Cross, "The Burned-Over District: The Social and Intellectual History of Enthusiastic Religion in Western New York, 1800-1850" (Cornell University Press, 1950 and later reprints). Hugh C. MacDougall 8 Lake Street Cooperstown, NY 13326-1016 [log in to unmask] http://www.oneonta.edu/external/cooper http://www.oneonta.edu/external/ccal