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William Lane Bible

Bible with leather cover, 924 pages, printed in Lunenburg, Mass. and published and sold by Edmund Cushing 1831, and belonged to William Lane.

Object number: 1988.1.1

Dimensions: 10 3/4” x 8 5/8”

Estimated age: 1831



What visitors say

Thank you so much for leading us on a guided tour of the Joel Lane House! I had no idea that the kitchen was separate from the main house, and how different the two are. I had always assumed that the most dangerous job for a slave was in the fields, but your expertise showed me that the kitchen (because of the heat and potential for fire) was actually the most dangerous for a slave woman…

Maggie