Bible

DateJuly 23, 1795

Dimensions25.38 × 19.04 × 10.15 cm (10 × 7 1/2 × 4 in.)

MarkingsRichardson genealogy: "1762 I was Married 11[th] Day of March/ 1763 Sarah Born July 19[th]/ 1765 William Born June 26/ 1768 Margarett Born May 23/ 1770 James Born Octo. 2/ [in a different hand] 1792 Daddy Died October the 23/ 1793 Sally married to W Mallet Dec the 22/ 1796 Frances Mallet Born November 14/ 1800 Mama Died February 17/ 1823 W Richardson Died November 10/ 1824 Francis Wright Bron January 16." Inserted papers: "Mrs Hannah Richardson was taken with the ague + fever + Dysentery on the 10th of Sept 1799 at Ballstown Died at Maj Busher in Stephentown on Thursday ye 3d Day of Oct at half past four o'clock in the morning." "1803 Nov 2 Peter Past Richardson Born/ 1806 March 2 Francis R Richardson Born." "Walter Howe Richardson./ born February 1st 1844." "Died September 23rd 1888/ Peter P Richardson / Age 84 years 10 months."

Object numberB1808

DescriptionLetterpress on paper; dark brown leather cover with horizontal ridges on spine. Embossed design just visible on cover. Missing title page; first page is chapter page for "The First Book of Moses, called Genesis." Pasted onto front inside cover: "A picture of an Old Man/ [Born, 1704.]" printed July 23, 1795 in Boston for Miss Margaret Russell. Manuscript family genealogy entries appear on page before "An Index to the Holy Bible," after the conclusion of Revelations. Paper notes inserted as well, with later additions to the family history (see inscriptions).