Prepared by Wm. W. Britton, begun 1734, completed May 30, 1935 ;
Date of Publication
1734 - 1935.
Physical Description
4 reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Microfilmed in 1957. Contains 20 volumes. Lancaster County warrants are on V. 16.
Labeled on box # 257 - # 261.
Material arranged by county and includes names of warrantee, date, acreage, location, date of return, name of patentee, where patent recorded, and where survey is copied.
Biblia, das ist: Die ganze göttliche Heilige Schrift Alten und Neuen Testaments, nach der deutschen uebersetzung d. Martin Luthers; mit jedes capitels kurzen summarien, auch beygefügten vielen und richtigen parallelen: nebst einem Anhang des dritten und vierten buchs Esrä, und des dritten buchs der Maccabäer
Old Testament, with Apocrypha: 3 p. l., 1008p.; "familien-verzeichniss": [4]p; New Testament: 277 p.; "Register der Episteln und Evangelien", "Wahrhafte und gewisse Jahrzahl", etc: [47] page.
New Testament has title: Das Neue Testament unsers Herrn und Heylandes Jesu Christi, nach der deutschen uebersetsung dr. Martin Luthers, mit kurzen inhalt eines jeden capitels und vollständiger anweisung gleicher schrift-stellen. Wie auch aller sonn-und fest-tägigen evangelien und episteln. Erste auflage. Reading ... 1805.
On front of front cover of Bachman Bible: signatures of Ester Hohler, Susan Weaver, and Magdalena entered into cloister den ersten dieses Monath [?] meine Schwester Magdalena Weaverin aus dieser zeit in die Ewegkeit űber gegangen, nehmlidh den 1ter Julius 1793.
On back of first flyleaf of Bachman Bible: signatures of Susanah Bowman, [?] Bowman in year of our Lord 1855.
Genealogical information on leaf following the Apocyrpha; copy in Bauman family file.
Genealogical information on leaf following the Apocyrpha of Eshelman Bible.
Viewing bible contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be required.
Bauman Bible: Full leather tooled cover badly repaired in library tape; first title page repaired with library tape; title imprinted on spine.
Eshelman Bible: Full leather binding badly repaired with Scotch tape; front cover detached and clasps missing.
The Holy Bible : containing the Old and New Testaments : together with the Apocrypha : translated out of the original tongues, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised ... : with marginal notes and references : to which are added, an index
New Testament has special t.p.: The New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; translated out of the original Greek, and with the former translations diligently compared and revised, by the special command of King James I. of England; Philadelphia: printed for Mathew Carey, No. 118 Market Street, October 20th, 1801.
First title page missing.
Includes preface signed by Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, October 20, 1801.
Before the Aporcrypha is a bookplate page inscribed "This Bible is the Property of William C. Freizer, New Castle, November 13th 1901."
After the title page for the New Testament are four pages for family records, four pages of manuscript laid in, and forty-seven blank pages sewn in the Bible, four on which obituaries of the Frazer family have been pasted.
Subscriber's lists: p. [3]-[8] at the beginning.
Includes index.
Viewing bibles contingent on staff availability, an appointment may be requried.
Pages three and four of the family record is damaged, resulting in some loss of text.
One item removed to MG-399; Frazer family bible.
Shaw & Shoemaker
Clarkin, W. Mathew Carey
Full leather gold tooled binding and gilt edging severely damaged with spine severed in two places.
