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Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



the first nine leaves of Genesis or all before 

 chap. xxii. 4 (C2), the leaf of contents, the new 

 testament title, the first 18 leaves of the new- 

 testament or all before Mark i. 33 (E3), another 

 leaf in Mark from chap. ill. 30 to v. 22 (E4), the 

 last eight leaves of the metrical psalms or from 

 Psalm cxix.103 to the end (Xx and Yy), and the 

 final leaf of rules. This bible was once in the 

 possession of Zachary Hossveit, an Indian 

 preachei' at Gayhead, on Martha's Vineyard, 

 whose autograph, dated September 16th, 1738, 

 is on one of the leaves. Two other bibles, 

 which may have been in his possession, are de- 

 scribed under nos. 11 and 25 of this list. It 

 was afterwards owned by Samuel William 

 Msher, a Quaker merchant of Philadelphia, 

 (born 1764, died 1817), who presented it to the 

 Librarj Company of Philadelphia in 1815 or 

 1816. Seethe Catalogue of the Books belonging 

 to the Library Company of Philadelphia (Phil- 

 adelphia, 1835), vol. 1, p. 16, where it is entered 

 as follows: -'1639, Q. The holy bible, printed 

 in the Indian language, for the use of the In- 

 dians of New England. Cambridge, 1680. Gift 

 of S. W. Fisher." Information furnished by 

 Mr. Chailes R. Hildeburn, in letters of Decem- 

 ber 10th and 29th, 1889. 



(46) Library of the Pilgrim Society, Pilgrim 

 Hall, Plymouth, Mass. An imperfect copy, 

 lacking the general title, the first ten leaves of 

 Genesis or all before chap. xxiv. 20 (C3), five 

 leaves at the end of the old testament or all 

 after Zechariah iv. 13 (Nnnnn4), the leaf of 

 contents, the new testament title, the first 

 seven leaves of Matthew or all before chap. xiii. 

 49 (Cl), and a dozen or more leaves at the end 

 of the metrical psalms. On the blank page at 

 the end of Revelation is written: "Johannis 

 Wainwright Liber Douum DoiH Josise "Willard 

 Jan' 10, 170|." Thedonorof this volume, Josiah 

 Willard (born 1681, died 1756), was the son of 

 the Rev. Samuel Willard, of Boston, and was 

 secretary of Massachusetts from 1717 until his 

 death. The next owner, John Wainwright, ac- 

 cording to Dr. Trumbull, was "probably the 

 Harvard graduate of 1709, son of Col. John, of 

 Ipswich. ... A few years afterwards it came 

 into the possession of 'Josiah Attaunitt,^ alias 

 'Josiah JSTed,' who left his name on several 

 pages and scribbled memoranda on the margins. 

 He seems to have been one of the Christian In- 

 dians who lived near Duxbury or at Mattakesit. 

 In one place he wrote, 'Josiah Ned, 1718 ; ' in 

 another, 'Josiah Attaunitt yeu wutaimun in 

 March 18 in . ..." t. e., 'J. A. this belongs to 

 him,' &c. On the margin of one page" is a note, 

 dated ' ut febnuany 7 tay 1715.' (The Massa- 

 chusetts Indians did not pronounce the r, sub- 

 stituting n for it.) The writer was 'at this 

 time at the house of Pammohkauwut, who lives 

 at Duxbury' ('ut ohquompi ut wekit Pammoh- 

 kauwut noh pamontog ut Togspane^). In an- 

 other place the name of Duxbury is differently 

 spelled : — \fevuany bwitay 20 tay, 1715, ut wekit 

 pamohkauwut ut tukspany kah yea wutappin 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



annis mommehthemmut unnoowau, nuttom 

 nasit saup; ' (i. e., 'February, Friday, 20th day, 

 1715, in the house uf Pammohkauwut at Dux- 

 bury, and here lodged, Annis Mommehthemmut 

 said, lam going to Nauset to-morrow')."— ilfe- 

 morial History of Boston (Boston, 1880), vol. 1, 

 pp. 471, 472. Another owner of the book was 

 the Hon. William Cushiug, of Scituate (born 

 1732, died 1810), who was judge of the Massa- 

 chusetts superior court in 1772, chief justice in 

 1777, and in 1780 was chosen the first chief jus- 

 tice of Massachusetts under the State constitu- 

 tion. The bible was presented by his widow, 

 Mrs. Hannah Cushing, to the Pilgrim Society 

 some time between the years 1820 and 1830, In- 

 formation furnished by the librarian, Mr. 

 Thomas Bradford Drew, in letter of January 

 15th, 1890. 



(47) Library of the late Col. George W. Pratt, 

 Esopus, N. Y. A copy lacking the final leaf of 

 rules, but otherwise w<"ll preserved. This copy 

 also contains the original dedication to the Hon. 

 Robert Boyle, printed on a single leaf, verso 

 blank. Manuscript notes in Indian are found 

 on the margins of many pages. In one place in 

 the Acts is written the name of a former owner, 

 apparently, "nen matthew Gocknow yeu noo- 

 pipie paku." In another place is the inscrip- 

 tion, "Jacob Gocknow wuttannah nuppi 

 May 17. 1727 noh assoontogit ganoh ; " also, 

 "Ephraimnaquatanappiat July 1, 173 ." The 

 dates 1744 and 1745, with what appears to be the 

 name of an Indian, are written on one of the 

 pages of 1st Chronicles. On the margin of a 

 page of the gospel of Mark is written : " meh- 

 quantamoop naumattump ne pish lenashpe pah- 

 quohwunnitteon en watchanittcoonganit Ion," 

 and other inscriptions of the same character 

 are scattered throughout the volume. This 

 bible was in actual use until early in the present 

 century, as the property of an Indian teaclier 

 at Marshpee, Cape Cod. An autograph of John 

 Eliot has been pasted on the blank leaf preced- 

 ing the title page. This is probably the copy 

 referred to by a writer in the Historical Maga- 

 zine (OctoheT, 1858), vol, 2, p. 308, who states that 

 "a copy of the edition of 1663 [sic] is in the pos- 

 session of George W. Pratt, of Kingston, Ulster 

 County, N. Y." It is mentioned in Dr. O'Calla- 

 ghan's American Bibles (Albany, 1861), p. 18, as 

 of the edition of 1685. Since Col, Pratt's death 

 in 1861, the bible has remained in the possession 

 of his family. A portion of his library was sold 

 by auction in New York, March 23d to 27th, 

 1868. Information furnished by Mrs. Gasquet 

 James, in letters of December 27th, 1889, and 

 January 11th, 1890. 



(48) A copy advertised for sale by Mr. Ber- 

 nard Quaritch, in April, 1884 (352 Catalogue, 

 no, 15999), with " one leaf mended, in other re- 

 spects an excellent copy in the original calf 

 binding," for 150?.; again in April, 1887 (373 

 Catalogue, no. 37 S7\), for 1251.; and in Decem- 

 ber, 1887 m Rough List,no. 110), for 1251. It 

 also appears at the same price in a Hand-List 



