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College on June 22, 1819, the president and li- 

 brarian were authorized "to exchange one of 

 the copies of Eliot's Indian Bible for other books 

 of the Treasurer, (Hon. John Davis)." On one 

 of the blank leaves of this copy was the manu- 

 script inscription referred to above: "Biblia 

 Sacra in linguain Indorum Americanae gentis 

 Toji' Natick translata a Johanne Eliot Mission- 

 ario Anglicano. ImpressaCantabrigiae INTovae 

 Angliae oppido. Liber sutnmae raritatis. V. 

 Clement. Bibl. cur. T. iv. Freytag Analecta." 

 This bible I have not yet been able to trace or 

 identify. Mr. Davis died in 1847, and it is pos- 

 sible that the book may be in the possession of 

 his heirs. Information furnished by Mr. Wm. 

 H. Tilliughast, inlettersof November21st, 1889, 

 and February 15th, 1890. 



(29) Mr. Lucius L. Hubbard, Cambridge, 

 Mass. Bound in morocco, by F. Bedford. This 

 copy formerly lacked about a dozen leaves, 

 which were supplied out of another copy (no. 

 30), before the book was rebound, so that it is 

 now complete and in very fair condition. On 

 one of the blank leaves at the end is written : 

 "Samson Occom ooskcoweeg Sep^ y«27AD: 

 1748;" also, "Tho^ Shaw's ;" and in the upper 

 •corner, "17 6.53." Below these names is the 

 inscription: "Purchased of the Rev'' Samson 

 Occom by Thomas Shaw Esquire of j^ew Lon- 

 don & by him presented to Yale College Li- 

 brary. A. D. 1790." On the following blank leaf 

 is also written: "Samson Occom Ooskoweeg 

 AD : 1748." The former owner of this bible, 

 Samson Occom (born about 1723, died 1792), a 

 noted Indian preacher, was converted to Chris- 

 tianity about the year 1740. In 1748, he began 

 to teach the Indians at New London, Conn., and 

 not long after removed to Montauk on Long 

 Island. In 1766, he visited England, where he 

 delivered a large number of sermons and at- 

 tracted much attention. After his return to 

 America, he continued his ' ork among the In- 

 dians until his death. The next owner, Thomas 

 Shaw, was a prominent citizen of New London, 

 of which he was one of the first aldermen after 

 its incorporation as a city in 1784. This bible 

 is probably the one mentioned in Mr. Bartlett's 

 list, printed in the Historical Magazine (Sep- 

 tember, 1858), vol. 2, p. 277, as being at that time 

 in the library of Tale College. In 1883, this 

 copy, which already lacked several leaves, was 

 sold as a duplicate to the present owner, 

 through Mr. D. G. Francis, the bookseller, after 

 four other leaves had been taken out of it to 

 complete the bible still preserved in the college 

 library. Information furnished by Mr. Hub- 

 bard, in letter of JanuaBy 9th, 1890, and by Mr. 

 Tan Name, in letter of January 29th, 1890. 



(30) Mr. Lucius L. Hubbard, Cambridge, 

 Mass. A second copy, without binding, lack- 

 ing beginning and end, and many leaves in 

 other places. It was once owned by Mr. Henry 

 R. Schoolcraft, and some time after his death 

 in 1864, came into the possessio:; of Mr. Thomas 

 W. Field, of Brooklyn. At the sale of Mr. 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



Field's library in New York, May. 1875, (no. 

 617), where it was described as "wanting be- 

 ginning and end, and otherwise imperfect," it 

 brought .$35, and was purchased for the library 

 of Yale College. In 1883, it was sold as a dupli- 

 cate, together with no. 29, to the present owner, 

 through Mr. D. G. Francis. About a dozen 

 more leaves were taken out of it to complete 

 no. 29. Information furnished by Dr. Ellsworth 

 Eliot; and by Mi-. Hubbard, in letter of Janu- 

 ary 9th, 1890. 



(31) Eev. John F. Hurst, D. D., bishop of the 

 Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, D. C. 

 In modernbindiugof purple morocco, extra, by 

 Zaehnsdorf. This copy was offered for sale by 

 Mr. Bernard Quaritch in April, 1884 (352 Cata- 

 logue, no A5998), for 120L; and again in April, 

 1887 (373 Catalogue, no 37870), for 105Z. It was 

 afterwards consigned to Mr. J. W. Bouton, the 

 New York bookseller, who sold it to the present 

 owner at a reduced price. 



(32) Charles E. King, M. D., Andalusia, Pa. 

 In modern leather binding. This copy also 

 contains the original dedication to the Hon. 

 Robert Boyle, printed on a single leaf, verso 

 blank. It was once owned by the Hon. Rufus 

 King (born 1755, died 1827), a member of Con- 

 gress from 1784 to 1786, and United States min- 

 ister to England from 1796 to 1803. He par- 

 chased it in London about the year 1802, and 

 had it there rebound, and wrote upon one of the 

 blank leaves an extract from Douglass's Brit- 

 ish Settlements in North- America. It was next 

 owned by his son, the Hon. John A. Kino-, of 

 Jamaica, N. Y. (born 1788, died 1867), who was a 

 member of Congress in 1849, and governor of 

 New York from 1857 to 1859. From him it 

 passed to his son, the present owner. Informa- 

 tion furnished by Dr. King, in letter of January 

 4th, 1890. 



(33) Mr. Levi Z. Leiter, Washington, D. C. 

 In modern binding of blue levant morocco, sides 

 filleted and paneled, and enclosed in a dark 

 green morocco box. Size of the leaf, 7| by 6 

 inches, nearly. It lacks the leaf of rules at the 

 end and the final blank leaf, but has the gen- 

 eral title and its accompanying blank leaf in 

 duplicate, at the end of the old testament. The 

 presence of these duplicate leaves is explained 

 by Mr. Henry Stevens, in a note printed in the 

 Brinley catalogue, as follows: "Sheet Ppppp, 

 the end of the Old Testament, is bound up as 

 originally printed ; that is, Pppppl is the end of 

 the O. T., ending on the reverse ; Ppppp2 is a 

 blank leaf; Ppppp3 is the title to the Old and 

 New Testament, reverse blank ; and Ppppp4 is 

 blank on the recto, and has the List of the 

 Books on the verso. The cut-out of the two 

 middle leaves of this sheet, then makes the 

 blank leaf and the titleat the front of the book. 

 In this copy, these two leaves are in duplicate, 

 and as clean and fresh as they were in 1685." 

 On the upper corner of the first title is written, 

 according to Dr. Trumbull, the autograph of 

 "Jo. Baily. Jan. L [16]8f N. E." This was the 



