Bible circa 1812-1825
Description
- Sponsors
This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.- Creator
- J. Smith, University of Cambridge, Printer
- Media Type
- Text
- Item Type
- Books
- Description
- This Bible belonged to the Stewart Family, which included the following family members: Margaret Stewart, Agnes Jane Stewart in 1824, and Thomas A. Stewart, who was the First Mate on the schooner, the 'Antelope'.
The Bible is small and rectangular. The cover is leather with a leather closing flap. The outside is dyed red and the inside is dyed green. The thin, white India paper pages have black writing on them. A decorative inscription is on the front inside cover. Stamps and handwriting in pencil are on the first and last pages, which document the names of various owners. - Publisher
- J. Smith, Printer to the University
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, Great Britian
- Date of Original
- 1812
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- 2007.112.7
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.1551052290573 Longitude: -79.1944313049316
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- Donor
- Donated by Derek Cropper
- Copyright Statement
- Protected by copyright: Uses other than research or private study require the permission of the rightsholder(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and for any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Copyright Date
- 2010
- Recommended Citation
- Image courtesy of the St. Catharines Museum
- Terms of Use
- Please contact the St. Catharines Museum for any reproductions of this image
- Contact
- St. Catharines MuseumEmail:museumcollections@stcatharines.ca
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