1845 JOHN WILKES BOOTH. Civil War Bible Owned by the Man who Accidently Helped Assassinate Lincoln! MartyrsWonderful piece of Americana; the original Civil War Bible used [quite heavily] by Major Henry L McConnell, Civil War soldier and, importantly, Provost Marshall General Department of Missouri. He'll be forever remembered as the man who had John Wilkes Booth in his possession and let him go, thus enabling him to further radicalize and, ultimately, assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Born in Pennsylvania,1840, McConnell entered the Military Academy
Selections from the Conversations and Unpublished Writings of Rev
Original side stitched pamphlet
The present
Fine little assemblage of 5 ephemeral items related to the publications and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon
University of New Orleans
From thence through the family until the present
in wrath remember mercy
Robert [Moderator] and Caleb Evans [Western Association of Baptists]
If in good condition
It has been respined and has some repairs to the first few leaves
spine darkened and minor ex library on rear pastedown
even suggesting that "in God's good providence" Indians and Africans "may gradually vanish" from the land completely