Contributed by Brick Store Museum
Description
A Book of Psalms and New Testament that Sally Sayward Barrell Keating Wood (1759-1855) gave to her great-great-granddaughter Annie Anderson Morton, (10/5/1851-8/14/1854).
Annie was the daughter of Wood's great-grandson Dr. Edward Watts Morton (1828-?) and his wife Olive (Lord) Morton (1831-1884).
Sally Wood lived for some time with her widowed granddaughter and her great grandson Dr. Morton in Kennebunk.
An inscription on the inner right page reads, "Annie A Morton – from her great, great, grand mother Wood - May 1854."
About This Item
- Title: Book of Psalms and New Testament, Kennebunk, ca. 1854
- Creation Date: circa 1854
- Subject Date: circa 1854
- Location: Kennebunk, York County, ME
- Media: book, Ink on paper
- Dimensions: 9.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 2.5 cm
- Local Code: 90.35.3.1
- Collection: Rare Books
- Object Type: Text
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Bibles
- Women authors
- Authors--United States--Maine
- Wood, Sally Sayward Barrell Keating, 1759-1855--Associated objects
- Keepsakes
- Morton, Annie Anderson, 1851-1854--Associated objects
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