Old Testament

Date1791

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Books
Ink
Leather
Paper
Worcester (Massachusetts)

Dimensions30.46 × 25.38 × 10.15 cm (12 × 10 × 4 in.)

MarkingsHeald Family Records: "Ebenezer Heald, son of Timothy & Ha? of Concord married to Elizabeth Heywood, daughter of Zimiri & Jane, 15 Oct. 1782. Their children: Ebenezer, Jr. b. Oct. 14, 1785; Zimri, b. April 22, 1786; Sibyl, b. April 8, 1788, m. Clark, d. July 24, 1816; Pitt, b. Jan. 9, 1790, d. 1821; Odiorne, b. June 11, 1793, d. Feb. 13, 1825; Foster, b. Jan. 9, 1796, d. Jan. 28, 1814 (consumption); Cushman, b. March 22, 1798, d. March 31, 1811 (dropsy); Eliza, b. Dec. 9, 1802, d. Feb. 13, 1828. Ebenezer died March 1818, aged 81; his wife died July 4, 1816, aged 52.

Credit LineGift of Albert Stabley and Mary Heald

Object numberB1804

DescriptionLeatherpress on paper. Leather binding. No object file; reference found on donor card. Printed in Worcester Massachusetts by Isaiah Thomas also sold in Boston. Old Testament translated out out the orignal Hebrew. Inserted in front is a family record of births and marriages of the Heald family dating from 1782 to 1828. Photograph of Charles Odiorne Heald.Note

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