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Individual page on this site for Horatio W Trefethen
This 1862 bible was presented to Horatio W Trefethen of Kittery, Maine, who was a private in Company G (of the 27th Maine Infantry), by Isaac D Phillips. As can be seen in the photograph of the inscription on the inside cover, both the company letter and regiment number had yet to be assigned when this book was distributed. Horatio probably was the one who added his own middle initial, as well as the "G" for his company, though he wrote the "27" in the wrong spot. Isaac Deering Phillips, a Kittery resident, was town clerk in the 1850's, employed as a cooper and retail grocer, and was a Justice of the Peace. His gravestone lies in the First Baptist Church Cemetery in Kittery Point, and is engraved with "Dea" for deacon, presumably a position he held at the church in 1862, when this bible was given out. It is not known (at this time) how many bibles were given out, or if they were handed out (by Phillips) to only those parishioners of this particular church, or if Mr. Trefethen was even a member. Inside the bible was found a newspaper clipping, a poem titled "Heaven", by Martha Remick. She was a Kittery resident, the daughter of Rufus and Sally (Cram) Remick, who was a poet and author. Many poems of hers were printed in various newspapers in Maine and New Hampshire (usually the religious ones), but I did not find the exact issue this writing was clipped from.
Also: Individual page on this site for Horatio W Trefethen
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