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Eliot (J. ) — Continued. 



the diamond shaped figure on the Indian new 

 testament title. See also no. 23 of this list. 



(8) Library of William Cavendish, second 

 earl of Burlington and seventh duke of Devon- 

 shire, Chatsworth, England. Bound in purple 

 morocco. The •commencement of this collec- 

 tion of books dates back to the reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth, but the greatest additions were 

 made by WiUiam George Spencer Cavendish, 

 the sixth duke of Devonshire (born 1790, died 

 1858), "who is justly entitled to be called the 

 founder of the Chatsworth library in its pres- 

 ent form." He purchased the library of Thomas 

 Dampier, bishop of Ely, in 1812, and bought 

 largely at the sales of the Stanley, Home 

 Tooke, Townley, Edwards, and Eoxburghe 

 libraries. Most of his books, which were scat- 

 tered among his several houses, were removed 

 to Chatsworth in 1815. Seethe Catalogue of the 

 Library at Chatsworth (London, 1879), vol. 1, p. 

 180. In the absence of a more particular de- 

 scription, the bible is supposed 1o be of this 

 variety, with the diamond shaped figure on the 

 Indian new testament title. 

 ^ (9) Library of Congress, "Washington, D. C. 

 In the original binding of dark blue morocco, gilt 

 edges. With the diamond shaped figure on the 

 Indian new testament title. Some of the leaves 

 are loose and stained. The price mark of Is. 6d. 

 is written on the first title. On the verso of 

 the new testament title is written : ' ' Rachel 

 Gaither Daughter of John Gaither and Ruth his 

 Wife was born April 19th, 1687," and below it a 

 list of the children of " Rich'' Tucker and Su- 

 sanna his Wife, " Rachel, Susanna, Elizabeth, 

 Richard, and Rebeacker, who werb bom in the 

 years 1744, 1746, 1748, 1750, and 1752, respect- 

 ively. On the blank leaf between the new test- 

 ament and metrical psalms is written : "David 

 Whittle the Son of John Whittle and Rachel his 

 Wife was Born . . . July 4th, 1760." The bible 

 was purchased for the Library of Congress from 

 a Maryland family about the year 1872. It is 

 mentioned in Mr. Nathaniel Paine's list, printed 

 in his Brief Notice of the Library of the American 

 Antiquarian Society (Worcester, 1873), p. 55. 

 See ilD.Q Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library 

 of Congress (Washington, 1878), vol. 1, p, 701. 



(10) Mrs. Ralph L. Cutter (Laura M. Eliot), 

 Brooklyn, N". Y. In tbe original dark blue 

 morocco binding, gilt edges, containing all of 

 the original blank leaves. Size of the leaf, 7^ 

 by 5| inches. With the diamond siiaped fig- 

 ure on the Indian new testament title. An un- 

 usually large and fine copy, with many rough 

 leaves. It may have been a presentation copy 

 to Henry Ashurst, Esq., the treasurer to the 

 Corporation for propagating the gospel among 

 the Indians in New England, who died in 1680. 

 At the top of the first title is the partially de- 

 faced signature of "Wm. Ashhurst," sup- 

 posed by Dr. Moore and Dr. Trumbull to be 

 Sir William Ashurst, the son of Henry, who 

 was lord mayor of London m 1693, a proraineut 

 member, and afterwards governor, of the 



Eliot (J.) —Continued. 



above named Corporation, and who died in 1720» 

 There was another "Wm. Ashhurst," how- 

 ever, an elder brother of Henry, whose sig- 

 nature is found in the copy described under 

 no. 17 of this list. It afterwards came into 

 the possession of Mr. John Allan, of New 

 York, the well known antiquarian and book 

 collector (born 1777, died 1863). According to 

 Mr. George P. Philes, Mr, Allan told him that 

 he bought it for $10 from a person who brought 

 it to him. At the sale of Mr. Allan's library 

 in New York, May, 1864 (no. 1013), it was pur- 

 chased by Mr. J. W.Bouton, the bookseller, 

 for $825. It next came into the possession of 

 Mr. George Brinley, of Hartford, Conn., and at 

 the sale of the third portion of his library in 

 New York, April, 1881 (No. 5682), it was pur- 

 chased for $900 by Dr. Ellsworth Eliot for his 

 sister, the present owner, who is a direct de- 

 scendant of John Eliot. A description of this 

 copy, made by Mr. Peter Hastie, while in Mr. 

 Allan's possession, was printed in the Histori- 

 cal Magazine (March, 1859), vol. 3, pp. 87, 88. 



(11) Mr. John Lyon Gardiner, Gardiner's 

 Island, N. Y. In the original calf binding with 

 gilt tooling, lacking the clasps and showing the 

 marks of much use. With the diamond shaped 

 figure on the Indian new testament title. The 

 first leaf of the dedication is lacking. The 

 second leaf is loose, together with the English 

 general title and front cover. The bible is 

 ruled throughout with red ink, around every 

 page, around the headings of the chapters, and 

 between and at the tops of the columns. This 

 was evidently done before the book was bound, 

 as gome of the sheets have been incorrectly 

 folded. Mr. John Lyon Gardiner (bom 1770, 

 died 1816), the seventh proprietor of the island, 

 and grandfather of the present owner, made 

 the following note in it:- "I received this 

 Indian Bible from Joshua Nonesuch of the Ni- 

 hantic tribe in Lyme, ' Quonehtaucutt ' by 

 means of Daniel Wauheat, this vj May 1813.. 

 It is said to be presented to the tribe by a Sa- 

 chem of the Moheags in Norwich, ' ' etc. Dated : 

 " Monchongonuc, Gardiners Island, May vj, 

 1813." This copy was mentioned in the West- 

 chester News, in August, 1855, according to an 

 article in the Historical Magazine (April, 1859), 

 vol. 3, p. 124. Information furnished by Mr. 

 Gardiner, in letter of January 9th, 1883, and by 

 Mr. Wni. Wallace Tooker, in letter of February 

 12th, 1890. See also The Papers and Biography 

 of Lion Gardiner (St. Louis, 1883), p. 100. 



(12) Mr. Brayton Ives, New York. An un- 

 usually large and fine copy, with many rough 

 leaves. It remained in the original binding of 

 dark blue morocco, gilt edges, and ' ' in the 

 finest condition," until after 1870, when it was 

 rebound in olive levant gros grained morocco, 

 by F. Bedford. Size of the leaf, 7/g by 5§ inches. 

 With tbe diamond shaped figure on the Indian 

 new testament title. As originally bound, this 

 copy did not contain the leaf of contents, and 

 therefore was like no. 17 of this list, described 



