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BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE 



Eliot (J.) — Contiuued. 



Tvliicli were sold as duplicates, see nos. 29 and 

 30 of this list. 



In Dewitt's historical Discourse delivered in 

 the North Reformed Dutch Church (New York, 

 1857), p. 70, it is related of the Rev. Henricns 

 Selyns, who was minister of the Collegiate Re- 

 formed Dutch Church in New York from 1682 

 to 1701, that "at the publication of John Elliot's 

 celebrated Indian Bible he procured it and sent 

 it to the Classis of Amsterdam." Mr. Samuel 

 Sewall, during his visit to England, wrote as 

 follows in his diary for February 25, 168§: 

 " View'd Winchester CoUedge, the Chapel, Li- 

 brary built in the midst of the Green within 

 the Cloisters. Left my Indian Bible and Mr. 

 Mather's Letter there." This copy may still be 

 preserved in the College Library at Winchester. 

 The copy mentioned in White Kennett's Bibli- 

 othecce Americance Frimordia (London, 1713), 

 pp. 134, 144, was probably in the author's pos- 

 session at that time. According to Mr. Henry 

 Stevens, "The Books named in Bp. Kennett's 

 Catalogue were promised to be left by will to 

 the ' Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 

 in Foreign Parts, ' should that Society provide 

 accommodation for them, but that condition 

 not having been fulfilled, the books were not 

 separated from the Bishop's Miscellaneous Li- 

 brary, and probably now form part of the 

 Cathedral Library of Peterboi'ough." 



In Rivington and Cochran's Catalogue (Lon- 

 don, 1824), no. 2220, a copy was oifered for sale 

 of "The Old and New Testament, with a met- 

 rical version of the psalms, by J. Eliot," Cam- 

 bridge (New England) 1680-5, 4to, calf neat, for 

 11. 4s. An auction Catalogue of Books in every 

 department of Literature and Science, sold by 

 Evans, in London, October 26-30, 1830, contains 

 the following entry: "379 Holy Bible, in the 

 West Indian Language, by Elliot, Cambridge, 

 <N. America) 1685," which was purchased by 

 "Cochran" for 11. Is. The copy owned by 

 Richard Heber, Esq., was described as follows 

 among the bibles in the JBibliotheca Heberiana, 

 part 10, sold in London, May 30th and 13 follow- 

 ing days, 1836: "417 in the Indian lan- 

 guage, by J. Eliot. Cambridge. 1685. 4°." It 

 brought 21. 12s. 



A copy of the second edition was once in the 

 library of the American Bible Society at New 

 York, as appears from its Catalogue of Books 

 (New York, 1855), p. 27, where it is entered 

 twice, first with the heading of Massachusetts 

 version as "Elliot's Indian Bible. 4to, Cam- 

 bridge, 1635 I sic]. (E.)," and again with the 

 heading of Mohegan version as "The Mohegan 

 Bible. 4to, Cambridge, 1685. (E.)" In the 

 enlarged catalogue of this library (New York, 

 1863), pp. 46, 47, both entries are repeated, but 

 the press-marks are left blank, because the 

 book was missing. Dr. Edward W. Oilman, 

 the present librarian, informs me that no trace 

 of the book has since been found. Mr. Bartlett 

 includes in his list the name of Edward Everett 

 as the owner of a copy of the edition of 1685, 



Eliot (J.) — Continued. 



which is probably a mistake, as Dr. William 

 Everett informs me (December, 1889) that no 

 copy of this edition is in his possession. 



The following memoranda relate to copies of 

 which the edition or date is not specified. Mr. 

 Samuel Sewall, in his diary for April 7th, 1718 

 (Mass. Hist. Soc. Coll., fifth series, vol. 7, p. 180), 

 writes: "I prove Mr. William Denison's Will. 

 Her brother . . . brought the widow to town. 

 ... I gave her 10s. to give her sister Weld 

 for her Indian Bible." Mr. Denison was a res- 

 ident of Roxbury, whose wife's maiden name 

 was Weld. Dr. A. C. Thompson, of Roxbury, 

 had a copy of one of the editions, but he informs 

 me now (December 13th, 1889) that he sold it 

 "forty or more years ago." A writer in the 

 Historical Magazine (October, 1858), vol. 2, p. 

 308, says: "we believe also that Mr. Samuel Gr. 

 Drake, of Boston, has a copy." As Mr. Drake 

 was at that time a bookseller, it is probable 

 that the bible was in his possession for a short 

 time only. Another copy, of which the date is 

 unknown, was formerly in possession of the 

 Rev. William Allen, of Northampton, Mass. 

 (born 1784, died 1868), and is mentioned in the 

 Historical Magazine (November, 1858), vol. 2, p. 

 343; but I am now informed (December 21st, 

 1889) by his son, the Hon. William Allen, of 

 Northampton, that it "was destroyed by fire 

 many years ago in New York. ' ' Another writer 

 in the Historical Magazine (May, 1859), vol. 3, p. 

 158, in his description of the copies at Bowdoin 

 College, Brunswick, Maine, adds: "I have 

 heard that a copy of this Bible is owned in 

 Portland, and that several others are to be 

 found in the State." In a collection of books 

 belonging to Mr. W. Elliot Woodward, of Rox- 

 bury, sold in New York, in April, 1869 (no. 2015), 

 were "portions of an Indian bible, 117 leaves, 

 comprising a part of Genesis, with all or nearly 

 all of the six following books, a portion of 

 Isaiah, Jeremiah, and a part of the New Testa- 

 ment," which brought $5.50. At the sale of 

 Mr. John K. Wiggin's collection of books, in 

 Boston, March, 1876 (no. 804), was a "Part of 

 Indian Bible, 11 leaves," which sold for $4.37. 

 A copy of one of the editions was once in the 

 possession of the Rev. Eilardus Westerloo (born 

 1738, died 1790), who was pastor of the Dutch 

 Reformed church in Albany from 1760 until 

 his death. His son, Rensselaer Westerloo, 

 was a member of Congress from 1817 to 1819, 

 and died at Albany in 1851. From his family 

 it was obtained by the Rev. Aaron Lloyd, in 

 whose possession it remained for a number of 

 years. He oflered it for sale several times at 

 the low price of $75, and finally sold it, Novem- 

 ber 15, 1864, to George P. Philes & Co., the 

 New York booksellers, for $50. The book then 

 lacked one leaf or more at the beginning, but 

 was described as being otherwise in good con- 

 dition. After Mr. Philes had sold it to one of 

 his customers, the book was sent to Paris, 

 where the imperfections were supplied by fac- 

 simile, and it was handsomely bound. Accord- 



