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| Title | Book, leatherbound Bible |
| Coverage / Year | 1849;
Early Victorian, Springfield, IL |
| Description | Leather-bound Bible, large, embossed with gilt decorations, rebound spine & corners. Cover has decorative border around man holding up a stone tablet, under "S.A. & S.B. Corneau". Color lithographs on frontpiece & title page; red, green, & brown ribbons sewn down the spine. Main page: "Butler's Edition, The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments..." Family births, deaths, & marriages on special pages between Apocrypha and New Testament. L 11 1/2" x W 10 3/8" x H 4". |
| Interpretation | Original Bible used by the Corneau family, from 1849 onwards. Donated to the Lincoln Home in 1997. The Corneaus lived kitty-corner from the Lincolns. Charles Corneau ran a drugstore downtown. |
| Lesson Plans / Themes | American Communities in History; Antebellum Society and the Civil War; How we learn about communities |
| Learning Standards | 16 History |
| Author or Creator | E.H. Butler & Co. |
| Source | Donated by a relative of the Corneau family, Mrs. Ralph Sweet, Coronado, CA |
| Subject / Keywords | Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865; Victorian; Book; Books; Publishing; Printing; Bible; Religion |
| Collection Publisher | Lincoln Home National Historic Site
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| Further Information | For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project. |
| Rights Management Statement | http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm |
| Resource Identifier | LIHO 7478 |
| CONTENTdm file name | 796119962003_7478.jpg |
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