Book
- Object Name:
- Book
- Object ID:
- 1966.061.01
- Place of Origin:
- Concord, NH/Portland, ME
- Date:
- 1852
- Description:
- English version of Polyglot Bible, containing Old and New Testaments with marginal readings: with pen and pencil notations on inside front and back covers and on fly leaf "John H. Prescott's Pittsfield October 14th 1853." In red leather binding with flap. Stereotyped by Henry Wallis & L. Roby, Concord, NH. Printed by Sanborn, Carter & Co., Portland, ME.
- Material:
- Paper
Leather - Dimensions:
- H-5.6 W-3.75 D-1.25 inches
- Provenance:
- Carried through the Civil War, 1862-1865, by Captain John H. Prescott, 12th NH Regiment, born Pittsfield, NH, Oct. 8, 1840. Father of donor.
Enlisted August 10, 1862. Meritorious war record. "After the close of the War, he removed to Junction City, Kansas, where he is practising law and is a Land Agent, and in 1866, a clerk in the House of Assembly, Kansas." (Prescott Genealogy, Page 422) - Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret Prescott Wise
- Subjects:
- Bibles
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