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Date1800s
Terms
- Boxes
- Wood
- Concord (Massachusetts)
Dimensions11.42 × 8.88 × 3.81 cm (4 1/2 × 3 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.)
MarkingsLabel on spine: "Made by [700] John Wesson of desk from Old Court House."
Object numberM0711
DescriptionWooden box in the form of a book. One drawer lined with bright blue paper that slides out from the top of "book." There is a label on the bottom of the drawer that reads: "A Comprehensible Prayer -- On the fly-leaf of Rev. Dr. Bethune's Bible was found written the following: / Lord, pardon what I have been; / Sanctify what I am; / Order what I shall be; / That thine be the glory, / And mine the eternal salvation, / For Christ's sake." A label beneath reads: "No man has a right to do as he pleases except when he pleases to do right."
Object number: Th6a
J. Cockburn Thomson
1855
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