1863 THE HOLY BIBLE. Civil War Period Circuit Rider - Traveler's Bible. Wallet Style Leather. Baptist William Oliphant and Co

William Oliphant and Co

Rather unusual patina

He was after all the long-time mentee of then President of Yale College

1st Class - Left our Cook

1863 THE HOLY BIBLE. Civil War Period Circuit Rider - Traveler's Bible. Wallet Style Leather. Baptist William Oliphant and CoA better than usually preserved circuit rider traveler's wallet style leather Bible issued during the height of the Civil War. These particular Bibles were in regular use by Chaplains of the Christian Commission, of both the Union and Confederate armies. The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated out of the Original Tongues, and with the Former Translations Diligently Compared and Revised. New York. American Bible Society. 1863.