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Aitken's BIBLE ENDORSED BY CONGRESS
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| September 12, 1782
| David C. Claypoole, 1782, the Journals of Congress, page 468 - 469
Posted on 05/20/2011 2:28:20 AM PDT by Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest
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posted on
05/22/2011 5:06:33 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: Yosemitest
Have you seen this?
Yes, I have, thanks! The Geneva Bible is the one used in Reformed or Calvinistic churches. What I am looking for is a more affordable copy of the Aitken Bible which as authorized during the American Revolution.
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posted on
05/22/2011 6:41:55 AM PDT
by
sueuprising
(The best of it is, God is with us-John Wesley)
To: sueuprising
Keep looking.
Maybe some company that wants to make a profit will get a clue.
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posted on
05/22/2011 10:21:42 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: sueuprising
Did I point this out?
AIKEN BIBLE - Modern binding![](http://18thcenturybibles.org/Aitken_Bibles_files/Aitken%20NT%20title%20page%20full%20resolution.jpg)
DESCRIPTION: This a new (2010) facsimile reproduction of Robert Aitkens 1782 printing of the King James Version of the Bible.
This Bible measures approximately 4 3/4 x 7 3/8 x 1 3/8.
It is covered with calfskin.
Gilt lettering on spine reads: HOLY BIBLE/ Robert Aitken/ Philadelphia/ 1782.
The pages are printed on thin, gilt-edged paper with heavier stock endpapers.
Text in this copy is reproduced in facsimile including the title page.
There are no commemorative or historical pages.
This is only the second facsimile edition ever produced.
Includes Robert Aitken's printed decorative script initials, used as his printer's mark.
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posted on
05/22/2011 11:14:17 PM PDT
by
Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: hoosierham
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posted on
05/24/2011 3:45:27 PM PDT
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Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
To: hoosierham
Would you be interested in
this?
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posted on
05/24/2011 3:46:12 PM PDT
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Yosemitest
(It's simple, fight or die.)
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