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DisputedShaker membership peaked in the 1840s at roughly 6,000 and fell to about 1,000 by 1905; estimates of the peak vary between sources.DisputedWhether recent adherents at Sabbathday Lake are Shakers has been contested: Canterbury's leaders closed the covenant to new members in 1957 and in 1988 questioned the membership of recent entrants, while Sabbathday Lake holds that covenants carry no sunset clause and welcomes serious converts.