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The Reverend John Lothrop's Bible

This bible is on display in "The Lothrop Room" of the Sturgis Library in Barnstable, Massachusetts. Brought to America by John in 1634, the carefully handwritten repairs to the pages are preserved in what is now the oldest library in the United States.
"The story about the burn mark in the bible is that the page shown was burned during the trip across the Atlantic on the Griffin. Reverend John wrote in the missing text from memory."

Source: Sturgis Library, Barnstable Library; public domain photograph; and Lathrop Genealogy at http://users.erols.com/jlathrop/genealogy.html.