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is the following manuscript note: "American 

 Antiquarian Societj from Col: James W. Sever, 

 Dec^ 4. 1858." Areprintof the leaf of dedication 

 to the Hon. Eobert Boyle is inserted. Informa- 

 tion furnished by the librarian, Mr, Edmund 

 M. Barton. 



(3) Library of the American Antiquarian So- 

 ciety, Worcester, Mass. A second copy, in old 

 calf binding, lacking the general title, the first 

 leaf of Genesis, 38 leaves at the end of the new 

 testament or all after signature Z (2d Corin- 

 thians xiii. 4 to the end of Revelation), and the 

 whole of the metrical psalms. It contains the 

 autograph of an Indian owner, ' ' Josiah Spotsher 

 his Bible," who was perhaps a relative of Daniel 

 Spotso, one of the Indian preachers at Nantucket 

 in 1698. N^umerous manuscrip. notes in the 

 same hand are scattered through the volume. 

 This copy is not mentioned in the catalogue of 

 the society's library printed in 1837, but it is 

 probably the one referred to in Mr. Bartlett's 

 list, printed in the Historical Magazine (Sep- 

 tember, 1858), vol 2, p. 277. Information fur- 

 nished by the librarian, Mr. Edmund M. Barton, 



(4) Library of the American Philosophical 

 Society, Philadelphia, Pa. In old leather bind- 

 ing, lacking the general title and some other 

 leaves, but containing the leaf of contents, the 

 Indian new testament title, and the final leaf of 

 rules. At the front of the volume is bound a 

 copy of Eliot's Indian Grammar (Cambridge, 

 1666), pp. 66, on the title of which is the auto- 

 graph of Ebenezer Hazard, the historian (born 

 1744, died 1817), who perhaps gave it to the 

 library of the society. Other manuscript names 

 have been erased from the title. See the Cata- 

 logue of the Library of the Ainerican Philosophi- 

 cal Society (Philadelphia, 1824), p. 72, where it is 

 entered as follows: "537 Q. Mamusse Wun- 

 netupanatamwe, &c. The Bible and New 

 Testament, translated into the Massaohus.tts 

 Indian language, by John Eliot. With an In- 

 dian grammar prefixed. Cambridge, (Mass.) 

 1666." Below this is another entry : "538. The 

 same, second edition. Cambridge, (Mass.) 

 1680." This is the only copy of the Indian bible 

 in the library of the society. Information fur- 

 Bished by the librarian, Mr. Henry Phillips, 

 jr., in letter of December 13, 1889. 



(5) Library of Andover Theological Semin- 

 ary, Andover, Mass. In the original calf bind- 

 ing, lettered on the back: ss. btblia | indica n. | 

 ANGL. This copy also contains the original 

 dedication to the Hon. Eobert Boyle, printed 

 on a single leaf, verso blank. At the top of the 

 first title is written the name, " Thomas Fayer- 

 weather's 1773," which has been crossed 

 through with ink. Below it is written, in a 

 different hand, apparently, "Bo', at Vendue." 

 On the blank leaf preceding the title is written : 

 "E.Pearson's, Presented by Thomas Fayer- 

 weather, Esq^ 1800." This was probably the 

 Rev. Eliphalet Pearson, LL. D. (born 1752, died 

 1826), preceptor of Phillips Academy at An- 

 dover from 1778 to 1786, professor of Hebrew and 



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oriental languages in Harvard College from 

 1786 to 1806, and from 1808 to 1809 professor of 

 sacred literature in the Theological Seminary 

 at Andover, of which he was one of the founders. 

 See the Catalogue of the Library of the Theol. 

 Seminary (Andover, 1838), p. 146, where the 

 title of this copy is given. Information fur- 

 nished by the librarian, William L. Ropes, in 

 letters of December 20, 1889, and January 23, 

 1890. 



(6) Bodleian Library, Oxford. No description 

 has been obtained of this copy. See the 

 Catalogus Librorum Impressorum Bibliothecce 

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

 is briefly entered under the heading of version 

 Virginianoe, below the edition of 1663, as fol- 

 lows: "and 4°. Cambr. 1685." 



(7) Library of the Boston Athenaeum, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. In modern leather binding. It is 

 mentioned, together with no. 8, in Mr. George 

 Livermore's manuscript list, made about the 

 year 1855. See the Catalogue of the Library of 

 the Boston Athenceum. (Boston, 1874), vol. 1, 

 p. 270. 



(8) Library of the Boston Athenaeum, Bos- 

 ton, Mass. A second copy, in modern leather 

 binding, lacking 16 leaves in the old testament, 

 or signatures Uuuto Zzz (Psalms xvii to Ixxx), 

 and the leaf of rules at the end. On the verso 

 of the new testament title is a manuscript 

 note in Indian, signed: "Neit pasuk | Na | 

 his X mark |-Co." On the verso of the first 

 blank leaf is written : " Presented to the Bos- 

 ton Athenaeum | by Christopher Gore Esqr." 

 The donor of this volume (born 1758, died 1827), 

 was graduated at Harvard College in 1776, dis- 

 trict attorney for Massachusetts from 1789 to 

 1796, commissioner of the United States to 

 England in 1796, governor of Massachusetts in 

 1809-1810, and United States senator from 1813 

 to 1816. This is probably the copy referred to 

 in Mr. Bartlett's list, printed in the Historical 

 Magazine (September, 1858), vol, 2, p. 277. See 

 the Catalogue of the Library of the Boston 

 Athenceum (Boston, 1874), vol. 1, p. 270. 



(9) Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass, In- 

 the Prince collection, press mark 21. 5. In the 

 original leather binding. This copy also con- 

 tains the original dedication to the Hon. Robert 

 Boyle, printed on a single leaf, verso blank. 

 Inside of the first cover is written: " Grindal 

 Rawson Ejus Liber, 1714." The Rev. Mr. Raw- 

 son (born 1659, died 1715), was minister of the 

 church in Mendon from 1680 until his death. 

 He was well acquainted with the Indian lan- 

 guage, into which he translated several works. 

 The bible was afterwards in the possession of 

 the Rev. Thomas Prince, who included it in 

 his "New-England Library," which was be- 

 queathed by will to the Old South Church in 

 Boston at his death in 1758. A brief historical 

 notice of this collection is given in the note 

 to no. 21 of the list of bibles of 1663. In the 

 year 1814 about three hundred volumes of the 

 Prince collection, including this copy of the 



