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Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



New York, March, 1884 (no. 884), when Mr. 

 Bartlett purchased it for $950, for the Brown 

 collection. 



(16) Congregational Library, Boston, Mass. 

 In modern parchment binding, lacking the gen- 

 eral title, the first 16 leaves of the old testament 

 or signatures A to D (Genesis i to xxxiii),46 

 leaves of the metrical psalms or signatures Ll3 

 to Yy4 (Psalms xviii. 15 to the end), and the final 

 leaf of rules. Several leaves are also lacking 

 in the Psalms, one in Hosea (Kkkkk2),one in 

 Hebrews (Ee4), and leaves in other places. 

 Many leaves are mutilated, including the new 

 testament title. The volume appears to have 

 "been made up from two imperfect copies of 

 the same edition, the first portion comprising 

 from Genesis xxxiv (sig. E) to Hosea ix. 10 

 (Kkkkkl), and the second portion from Hosea 

 xiii. 5 (KkkkkS) to Psalm xviii. 14 of the metri- 

 cal version (L12), inclusive. On a blank page 

 at the end of the old testament is written, 

 "James Esop his book,'' and a little below, 

 " Thomas Egen." The date 1670 also appears 

 in some Indian writing. There are also manu- 

 script notes in Indian scattered through the 

 book. This copy is mentioned in the Histori- 

 <cal Magazine (November, 1858), vol. 2" p. 343; 

 and also in Dr. Dexter's bibliography of Con- 

 gregationalism (no. 1903), appended to his Oon- 

 gregationalism , . . as seen in its Literature 

 (New York, 1880), at which time it was sup- 

 j)0sed to be of the first edition. Information 

 furnished by Eev. Henry M. Dexter, in letter of 

 December 9, 1889; and by Kev. William H. 

 Cobb, in letter of January 6, 1890. 

 ^ (17) Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. 



In modern calf binding, with marbled edges, 

 lettered on the back: up biblum god. j. 

 ELLIOT. 1685. It lacks the last 9 leaves of the met- 

 rical psalms or signatures Uu4 to Yy4 (Psalm 

 cxix. 49 to the end), and the final leaf of rules. 

 The headlines and marginal text of some pages 

 have been partly cut away by the binder's 

 knife. Some extracts from Duponceau and 

 Mayhew are written on the blank leaves at the 

 beginning. On the title is written : " M<=Kean. 

 1809." This was without doubt the Hev. 

 Joseph McKean (born 1776, died 1818), minis- 

 ter of the Congregational church in Milton, 

 Mass., from 1797 to 1804, and afterwards Boyls- 

 ton professor of rhetoric and oratory in Har- 

 vard College. At the sale of his library in Bos- 

 ton, August, 1818 (no. 112), the bible brought 

 $4.50. This may be the same copy that was 

 sold with the library of George F. Guild, Esq., 

 in Boston, October, 1853 (no. 650), for $30. On 

 the recto of the first blank leaf is written, 

 "$30.00." It was afterwards owned by Mr. 

 Peter Force, the historian (born 1790, died 1868), 

 and is mentioned as being in his possession in 

 the Historical Magazine (August, 1859), vol. 3, 

 p. 254. It was sold with his collection of books 

 and manuscripts to the Library of Congress in 

 1867. See the Catalogue of Books added to the 



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Library of Congress from December 1, 1866, to 

 December 1, 1867 ("Washington, 1868), p. 32; and 

 the Alphabetical Catalogue of the Library of 

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



(18) Library of the Connecticut Historical- 

 Society, Hartford, Conn. No exact description 

 has been obtained of this copy, but it is sup- 

 posed to be still in the possession of the society. 

 It is said to be "nearly complete," butit proba- 

 bly lacks the general title and some leaves at 

 the beginning and end. According to Dr. 

 Trumbull, "in many places, particularly the 

 books of Genesis and Isaiah and the Psalm^. 

 the paper is fairly worn out by use." The 

 book contains several autographs of an Indian, 

 owner, probably of Martha's Vineyard: "Nen. 

 elisha yen noosooquohwonk," i. e., " I, Elishaj 

 this my writing," and once, " thes my piple"^ 

 (bible) . In 1698, there were two Indian preach* 

 ersatGayhead, on Martha's Vineyard, named re- 

 spectively Abel and Elisha, the latter of whom 

 was perhaps the owner of this volume. On the 

 blank page between the old and new testaments 

 is written: "Eec^ from the Rev^ Mr. Experi- 

 ence Mayhew by Mr. Ebenezer Allien, April, 

 1719." This copy of the bible, together with 

 no. 19, was probably once owned by the Eev. 

 Thomas Bobbins, whose library was presented, 

 to the Connecticut Historical Society in 1844. 

 See the note to the following number. It is 

 briefly described by Dr. TrumbuU in the His- 

 torical Magazine (October, 1858), vol. 2, p. 308; 

 and again more fully in the Memorial History^ 

 of Boston (Boston, 1880), vol. 1. p. 472. 



(19) Library of the Connecticut Historical 

 Society, Hartford, Conn. A second copy, more 

 imperfect than the other, is or was in this so- 

 ciety's library. No description of it has been 

 obtained, but it is briefly mentioned by Dr. 

 Trumbull in the Historical Magazine (October, 

 1858), vol. 2, p. 308. These two copies (nos.18 

 and 19) were probably owned by the Eev* 

 Thomas Bobbins, D. D., who was born in 1777, 

 and died in 1856, From 1808 to 1827, he was 

 minister of the south parish of East Windsor, 

 Connecticut, in which place he began the for- 

 mation of the extensive library which he pre- 

 sented to the Connecticut Historical Society ia 

 1844. In 1832 he was installed pastor of the 

 church in Mattapoisett, in the town of Eoches- 

 ter, Massachusetts, where he remained for 

 nearly thirteen years. On the 24th of July, 

 1838, he visited a Captain Baylies, at Edgar- 

 town, on Martha's Vineyard, and looked at his 

 father's books. In his diary for July 25th, he 

 writes : ' ' Mr. Baylies let me have ten old books, 

 inchxding a broken Eliot's Bible. Paid his 

 mother, $7.00." On the 27th, after his return 

 to Mattapoisett, he writes: "Looked over my 

 old books. Find that I have got parts of three 

 copies of the Indian Bible." In August of the 

 same year, he visited the Eev. Phineas Fish, 

 minister of the Indians at Cotuit, in the Marsh- 

 pee district, and "paid him for an Eliot's In- 



