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bible, were deposited in the rooms of the Mas 

 sachusetts Historical Society, where they re- 

 mained until 1859, when they were removed to 

 the Old South Chapel. In 1866, the entire Prince 

 collection was deposited in the Boston Public 

 Library. Mr. George Livermore was the first 

 to call attention to the leaf of dedication to the 

 Hon. Robert Boyle, about the year 1855, at 

 which time this copy was supposed to be the 

 only one containing it. See the Catalogue of 

 the Library of Bev. Thomas Prince (Boston, 

 18i6), p. 101, where this bible is briefly men- 

 tioned; and the Catalogue of the American Por- 

 tion of the Library of the Bev. Thomas Prince 

 (Boston, 1868), no. Ill, where it is described as 

 containing an apostrophe in the first word of 

 the title (Mamus'se) which is not found in 

 other copies. This apostrophe, however, is 

 probably not original. See also the complete 

 catalogue of The Prince Library (Boston, 1870), 

 p. 6. For another copy containing Mr. Raw- 

 son's autograph, see. no. 33 of this list. 



(10) Library of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, 

 Maine. In the original leather binding, lack- 

 ing the leaf of rales at the end, and showing 

 marks of much use. On the blank page of the 

 leaf of contents between the old and new testa- 

 ments is written: "Samuel Miller's, Esq. | 

 Book. Given him by | his Dear Deaceassed 

 father I Stephen Minott. Anno | 1729," Steph- 

 en Minot was born in 1662. He was a merchant 

 in Boston, and one of the original founders of 

 Brattle Street Church in 1699. His daughter 

 Rebecca (born 1697) was married to Samuel 

 Millerin 1724. Thebible was afterwards owned 

 by Thomas Wallcutt (born 1758, died 1840), who 

 was educated in the school of Dr. "Wheelock, of 

 Hanover, New Hampshire, and went as a mis- 

 sionary to the St. Francis Indians. About 

 eight hundred volumes from his library, in- 

 cluding the Indian bible, were presented to 

 Bowdoin College through the influence of the 

 Rev. William Allen, who was president of that 

 institution from 1820 to 1839. This copy is 

 described in the Historical Magazine (May, 

 1859), vol. 3, p. 158; and (February, 1861), vol. 

 5, p, 59. See also the Catalogue of the Library 

 of Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ]863), p. 65. In- 

 formation furnished by the librarian, Mr. 

 George T. Little, in letter of December 16th, 

 1889. 



(11) Library of the late George Brinley, Hart- 

 ford, Conn. A copy lacking the general title, 

 the last leaf of the metrical psalms, and the 

 final leaf of rules, which are supplied in fac- 

 simile. It contains the autograph of Zachariah 

 Mayhew, 1759 (born 1717, died 1806). He was 

 a son of Experience Mayhew, and minister of 

 the Indians on Martha's Vineyard for many 

 years. It was also owned by the Rev. William 

 Jenks (born 1778, died 186G), minister of the 

 Congregational church in Green street, Boston, 

 and at the sale of his library in that city, De- 

 cember, 1867 (no. 2273), was purchased for $300, 

 by Dr. Trumbull, probably for Mr. Brinley. 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



See the Historical Magazine (December, 1867), 

 second series, vol. 2, pp. 391, 392. Dr. Trum' 

 bull refers to it as one of Mr. Brinley's copies, 

 in the Memorial History of Boston (Boston, 

 1880), vol. 1, p. 471. In another place he adds: 

 "Between the leaves of one of Mr. Brinley's 

 copies was found an autograph letter from 

 Zachary Hossueit, an Indian preacher at Gay- 

 head, Martha's Vineyard, to Solomon Briant, 

 the pastor of the Indian church at Marshpee 

 ('Mespeh'), written in 1766." The book will 

 perhaps be sold with the fifth portion of Mr. 

 Brinley's library. The four other copies of 

 this edition which were in his collection are 

 described under nos. 15, 33, 44 and 54 of this 

 list. See also no. 52. 



(12) Library of the British and Foreign Bible 

 Society, London. No description has been ob- 

 tained of this copy. See BuUen's Catalogue 

 of the Library of the British and Foreign Bible 

 /Society (London, 1857), p. 59. 



(13) Library of the British Museum, London. ^ 

 This copy also contains the original dedication 

 to the Hon. Robert Boyle, printed on a single 

 leaf, verso blank. It was purchased from a 

 Mrs. George, of Bristol, in April, 1889. Infor- 

 matior(,furnished by Mr. R. N. Bain, in letter 

 of May 9, 1889. 



(14) Library of the late John Carter Brown, 

 Providence, R. I. It is mentioned in Mr. Bart- 

 lett's list, printed in the Historical Magazine 

 (September, 1858), vol. 2, p. 277. See also Mr. 

 Bartlett's Catalogue of Books relating to North 

 and South America in the Library of John Car- 

 ter Brown (Providence, 1866), part 2, no. 947; 

 and the enlarged edition of the same catalogue 

 (Providence, 18^2), part. 2, no. 1312. 



(15) Library of the late John Carter Brown, 

 Providence, R. I. A second copy, "in the 

 original calf binding, well preserved, back gilt, 

 lettered ss. biblia inuica nov^ angli^." Siiie 

 of the leaf, 7/s ^1 5| inches. This copy also 

 contains the original dedication to the Hon. 

 Robert Boyle, printed on a single leaf, verso 

 blank. It once belonged to Henry Hastings, 

 fourth and last marquis of Hastings, and was 

 kept in his library, Donington Park, Leicester- 

 shire, England. After his death in 1868, the 

 library was sold by auction at Nottingham, De- 

 cember 29, 1868. According to Dr. Trumbull, 

 the Indian bible is not named in the catalogue, 

 but is known to have been one of the "three 

 others " lumped with lot 33, " Biblia Hebraica, 

 Oxon. 1750," etc. A writer in the New York 

 Evening Mail for April 20, 1869, states that the 

 lot containing the bible was bought by Mr. 

 Quaritchfor2i. 10s. Heoftereditforsalein April, 

 1869 (249 Catalogue, no. 560), for 120Z. It was 

 purchased by Mr. George Brinley, of Hart- 

 ford, and at the sale of the first portion of his 

 library in New Tork, March, 1879 (no. 789), 

 was bought for $500 by Dr. Trumbull, from 

 whom it passed to the Hon. Henry C. Murphy, 

 of Brooklyn. After Mr. Murphy's death, the 

 bible was sold with his library by auction in 



