1845 JOHN WILKES BOOTH. Civil War Bible Owned by the Man who Accidently Helped Assassinate Lincoln! Martyrs If in good condition

If in good condition

even suggesting that "in God's good providence" Indians and Africans "may gradually vanish" from the land completely

It has been respined and has some repairs to the first few leaves

Original side stitched pamphlet

Robert [Moderator] and Caleb Evans [Western Association of Baptists]

1845 JOHN WILKES BOOTH. Civil War Bible Owned by the Man who Accidently Helped Assassinate Lincoln! Martyrs If in good conditionWonderful piece of Americana; the original Civil War Bible used [quite heavily] by Major Henry L McConnell, Civil War soldier and, importantly, Provost Marshall General Department of Missouri. He'll be forever remembered as the man who had John Wilkes Booth in his possession and let him go, thus enabling him to further radicalize and, ultimately, assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. Born in Pennsylvania,1840, McConnell entered the Military Academy