Book
- Object Name:
- Book
- Object ID:
- 2010.028.08
- Place of Origin:
- New York, NY
- Date:
- 1898
- Description:
- Pocket New Testament. Carried during Spanish-American War by Sergeant Edward C. Webster (1879-1916) of Derry, NH. Cardboard covers with black fabric covering. Front cover embossed "NEW TESTAMENT". Title page: "THE / NEW TESTAMENT / OF OUR / LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST: / TRANSLATED OUT OF / THE ORIGINAL GREEK; / AND WITH / THE FORMER TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED / AND REVISED. / NEW YORK: / AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, / INSTITUTED IN THE YEAR MDCCCXVI. / 1898. / [Agate, 32 mo.]". Inscribed inside front cover: "Newburyport, Mass. 2/98.", with list of seven chapters and verses, and a printed clipping with a verse by Whittier. Inscribed on first page: "Carried through the / Spanish-American War / by my father / Edward Clinton Webster / John E. Webster".
- Material:
- Paper
Textile - Dimensions:
- H-4.75 W-3 D-0.65 inches
- Provenance:
- Edward Clinton Webster (1879-1916) was the son of John E. and Cornelia (Case) Webster of Derry, NH. He was educated at Pinkerton Academy and first served in 1898 as a bugler in Company H, 8th Massachusetts Volunteers. On September 13, 1899, Webster enlisted in the 46th Regiment, United States Volunteers. He rose to the rank of sergeant major, serving two years in Cuba and the Philippines. Upon his return from military service, Webster married Ethel B. Tuttle on October 5, 1901 at South Framingham, MA. Webster operated an auto repair shop in Framingham until his death on February 8, 1916, when his car was truck by a train in Northboro, MA. These materials were collected and preserved by Edward C. Webster's sister, Nellie E. Webster (1882-1947) of Derry. They were then passed to Edward's son, John E. Webster, Sr. and Vera Wentworth Webster, to John E. Webster, Jr. and Gail Webster, to Chester and Marilyn Webster Ham and their families.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the John E. Webster Family and the Chester and Marilyn Webster Ham Family
- People:
- Webster, Edward C. (1879-1916)
- Subjects:
- Spanish-American War, Bibles
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