NC New Testament Presentaion Page

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New Testament inscribed ( by hand, in badly faded ink) on the dotted lines;

PRESENTED TO
Pvt James Combs Co. ( K ) 27th NC Regiment,
By the North Carolina Baptist Board of Missions
Needham B. Cobb,
Gen’l, Sup. Army Colportage for N.C.
Goldsboro N.C
_______________________________________________
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Should I be slain on the battle field, or die in the hospital,
for the sake of humanity inform…………………………............
at………………………………………………...................of the fact.

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Re: NC New Testament Presentaion Page

Should I be slain on the battle field, or die in the hospital,
for the sake of humanity inform…………………………............
at………………………………………………...................of the fact.

Extraordinary.

"Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ"...

It's interesting to see how English America was in the mid-19th Century. A flip through George W. Matsell's 1859 The Rogues Lexicon reveals alot of Cockney and rhyming slang being used by the toughs and rogues of New York, to wit:

apples and pears - stairs
cain and abel - table
cat and mouse - to keep house
chalk farm - the arm
charley prescott - waistcoat/vest
cows and kisses - misses (ladies)
daisy roots - boots
jenny linder - window (winder)
read and writre - flight, "He took to read and write with Joe in Daisyvile."

...and 'quids' is used for 'cash.'

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Re: NC New Testament Presentaion Page

The ''presentation'' is a paper label pasted inside the front cover.

It is dated and addressd 1863, New York, but distributed in the South at this time or later. Did the American Bible Society have a working relationship with it's Southern counterpart?

The colporteur's office was located at the Female Acadamy in Goldsboro. A good portion of the grounds have never been developed. The site housed an invalid ward during the war. Scores of fine Confederate buttons have been found there over the years.