by an unknown creator in 1760
Unknown donor and donation date
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"This desk was the office desk of Robert Rantoul, the friend of Whittier and the able advocate of every good cause during the years he lived in Gloucester." Taken from "Sketch of the Independent Christian Church." by Levi Powers
On flyleaf: This Bible was the property of BK Hough Jr (1805-1875) of Gloucester & Boston. On his death it went to his daughters and came to me (B Kent Hough) from a survivor in 1928
no family records in this Bible
index card # 371. 3 copies
a 3 x 5 leather-bound book titled The Oeconomy of Human Life. In 1767, at the age of 16, Judith Sargent Murray wrote her name and the year on the title page, including the comment, "the best book that ever was written."