Bradshaw Rankin Bible and pages from the Christopher Houston Rankin Bible. Gift of Hazel Townsend.
Scope and Contents
1805 Bradshaw Rankin Bible (Jennet Bradshaw and Thomas Rankin, md. 1789). 1805 Bible, eighth Philadelphia Edition, printed from the last Oxford Edition, Philadelphia. Printed by Matthew Cary, No. 122m Market Street, M.DCCC.V. (1805). Information from New Testament Title page; Bible is missing front cover and front title page; back cover is not attached. Three pages from the Christopher Houston Rankin Bible were also donated. They were damaged in a fire in 1978.
Dates
- Publication: 1805
Conditions Governing Access
Material is available for research. Prior arrangement MUST be made by contacting the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection at mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
English
Existence and Location of Copies
Photocopies of Bible records, transcriptions, and some family records provided by the donor are in with the Bible and in the Rankin Genealogy vertical file. The Bradshaw Genealogy VF has a note to see the Rankin Genealogy VF.
- Bibles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Rankin family Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection Repository
601 S Gay Street
3rd floor
Knoxville Tennessee 37902 United States
865.215.8814
mcclung-archivist@knoxlib.org
