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Family bible of John Hart, New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Al .99 no.3
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Hart, John 1713-1779.
- Hart, John.
- Hart family.
- Scudder family.
- Paschall family.
- Ott family.
- Wyckoff family.
- Physical Description:
- [Unpaged] ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- [Location not identified] : [publisher not identified], [17--?]
- Summary:
- Contains birth and death records from 1742-1808
- Notes:
- Presented to Charles L. Pascal (a Great Grand Son [sic]) by his friend & well-wisher & cousin David Ott Lasue; Also, there is a hole in the Bible with a note providing explanation. This note is written on a Railway Department memorandum and explains how the Bible was burnt when John Hart, hearing of the British advance in New Jersey, knocked over a candle in his haste to hide his children, while leaving "the bedside of his dying wife."
- Local Notes:
- HSP Bible Collection [3845]
- OCLC:
- 1425493836
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