1798 Family Bible (Two Volumes)

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This massive two-volume Bible was produced with the efforts and assistance of numerous Founding Fathers, including President John Adams, Vice President Thomas Jefferson; signers of the Declaration John Hancock and Samuel Chase; signers of the Constitution Gunning Bedford, George Read, James Wilson, John Dickinson, Jared Ingersoll, Thomas Mifflin, and Alexander Hamilton; Constitutional Convention delegate John Lansing; John Jay, author of Federalist Papers and original Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court; Revolutionary General and Secretary of State Timothy Pickering; and many others.

Although it was intended as a pulpit Bible-as evidenced by its large size-it also saw widespread use as a family Bible.

This Bible represents a step forward in American printing technology. It was the first hot press Bible to be produced. Under this method of printing, the ink was heated during the printing process, causing it to bond more strongly to the paper.

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