ALGONQUIAN LANGUAGES. 



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Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



Matthew to Revelation, and tlie metrical 

 psalms with the final leaf of rules. 597 printed 

 leaves, and 3 blank leaves. The English new 

 testament title and the dedication of the new 

 testament are omitted in these copies. 



(2) Library of Brown University, Provi- 

 dence, R.I. A well preserved copy, with the 

 exception that the diamond shaped figure has 

 been cut out of the Indian new testament title. 

 It contains manuscript notes in English, In- 

 dian and shorthand on the margins, and many 

 of the passages and verses are marked, espe- 

 cially in the new testament. At the end are 

 four-pagesof manuscript, in shorthand, English 

 and Indian. Dr. Reuben A. Guild, the libra- 



, rlan, supposes for various reasons that this copy 

 of the bible belonged to Roger Williams (born 

 1599, died 1683), who was known to be " a pro- 

 ficient in shorthand," and that the notes and 

 annotations are in his handwriting. On one of 

 the pages is written " College Library," in the 

 hand of James Manning, the president of the 

 University (then called the College of Rhode 

 Island), from 1765 to 1791. "During the war 

 of the Revolution the book was one of the 500 

 in the library which were removed to "Wren- 

 tham, Mass., for safety, in the care of the Rev. 

 William Williams, a member of the first grad- 

 uating class." See the Catalogue of the Library 

 of Brown University (Providence, 1843), pp. 139, 

 140. Information furnished by Dr. Guild in a 

 letter dated April 25 th, 1889, and in an article 

 printed in the Ntw-York Times for May 1st, 

 1889. 



(3) Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, !N"ew York. 

 Bound in brown levant morocco by F. Bedford, 

 preserving all of the original blank leaves. 

 Size of the leaf, 7§ by 5| inches. The Indian 

 new testament title contains the diamond 

 shaped figure. This bible was once owned by 

 White Kennett, bishop of Peterborough from 

 1718 until his death in 1728, and has his name 

 on the lower part of the English general title. 

 In 1869, according to Dr. Trumbull, it was sold 

 by Bernard Quaritch to Mr. George Brinley, of 

 Hartford, Conn., at the sale of whose library in 

 !N"ew Tork, March, 1879 (no. 787), it was pur- 

 chased for Mr. Morgan for $1,000. 



(4) Library of the Zealand Academy of Sci- 

 ences (Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Weten- 

 schappen), Middlebnrg, Holland. Bound in 

 leather, with red edges, in fine condition. It 

 probably contains the diamond shaped figure 

 on the Indian new testament title. In the Cat- 

 alogvs der Bihliotheek van het Zeeuwsch Genoot- 

 schap (Middlebnrg, 1845), p. 3, it is entered as 

 "The Holy Bible translated into the Indian 

 language, Cambr. 1663." In the enlarged cat- 

 alogue of the same library, p. 269, no. 1987, it is 

 described with the English and Indian general 

 titles and the Indian new testament title. A 

 report on the two copies of the Indian bible in 

 the library of this academy was read at one of 

 its meetings in December, 1873, by the librarian, 

 F. Nagtglas, and subsequently printed in a 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



separate pamphlet. An English translation of 

 it is given in the Proceedings of the Massachu- 

 setts Historical Society for 1873-75, pp. 307-309, 

 in which it is stated that this copy of the bible 

 contains "the double title and the dedication 

 to Charles II." See no. 39 of this list for an 

 account of the other copy. 



Copies of the. third variety: Containing the 

 English general title, the dedication of the 

 whole bible, the leaf of contents, Genesis to 

 Malachi, the Indian new testament title with 

 the diamond shaped figure, Matthew to Revela- 

 tion, and the metrical psalma with the final leaf 

 of rules. 596 printed leaves, and 3 blank 

 leaves. The Indian general title, the English 

 new testament title, and the dedication of the 

 new testament are omitted in these copies. 

 Several of the bibles put under this heading 

 (nos. 6, 7, 8, and 14), of which full descriptions 

 have not been obtained, may perhaps belong to 

 the second or fourth variety, 



(5) Astor Library, 'New Tork. Bound in 

 morocco by F. Bedford. With the diamond 

 shaped figure on the Indian new testament 

 title. It was a duplicate from the library of 

 Trinity College, Dublin, and contains the stamp 

 of that institution. In March and April, 1870 

 (259 Catalogue, no. 276), and in July, 1870 (260 

 Catalogue, no 1170), it was advertised for sale 

 by Mr. Bernard Quaritch at 250?; in January, 

 1873 (286 Catalogiie, no. 9926), and in October, 

 1873 (291 Catalogue, no. 18669), at 225Z. ; and in 

 August, 1875 (298 Catalogue, no. 7543), at 2001. 

 It was purchased by Mr. Alph, L. Pinart, whose 

 book plate was added, and at the sale of his 

 library in Paris, January, 1884 (no. 113), was 

 bought again by Mr. Quaritch for 2700 francs. 

 He advertised it in April, 1884 (352 Catalogue, 

 no. 15997), at 2251., when it was purchased by 

 Mr. Astor. See the supplementary Catalogue 

 of the Astor Library (Cambridge, 1886), vol.1, 

 p. 402. For the description of another dupli- 

 cate from Trinity College of the same edition, 

 bit with Indian titles only, which also came 

 into the market in 1870, see no. 38 of this list. 



(6) Bodleian Library, Oxford. See the Cat- 

 alogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecce Bod- 

 leiance (Oxonii, 1843), vol. 1, p. 259, where it is 

 entered under the heading of version Virgin- 

 ianoe, as: "The holy Bible in the language of 

 the Indians in Virginia by John Eliot. 4°. 

 Cambridge, in New England, 1663." It is sup- 

 posed to be of this variety, but in the absence 

 of a more particular description it can not be 

 determined exactly what kind of a copy it is. 



(7) Library of the British Museum, London. v 

 Press mark C. 10. a. 1. With a colored frontis- 

 piece of the royal arms of England inserted. 

 This is probably the copy described in the^i&- 

 liothecce Iteqice Cataloqus (London, 1820), vol. 1, 

 p. 279. See the British Museum Catalogue of 

 Printed Books (London, 1887), under Eliot; 

 and Henry Stevens's Catalogue of the American 

 Books in . . . the British Museum (London, 1886), 

 p. 56. It is supposed to be of this variety, with 



