BIB_ID
281934
Accession number
MA 8832
Creator
Astle, Thomas, 1735-1803.
Display Date
1768 April 20.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 23 x 18.8 cm
Notes
From the Thane-Paston Collection.
Place of writing is given as "Paper Office".
With a watermark.
Place of writing is given as "Paper Office".
With a watermark.
Summary
Sending him a manuscript roll of a "History of the Holy Scriptures," formerly belonging to a monastery at Haverhill, Suffolk, and given him by Edward Coldham, Lord of the Manor of Haverhill; noting that this history contains some "uncommon particulars", including the names of Adam's daughters, details about how old Adam was when he fathered Cain and Abel, and drawings of the Ark and the Temple.
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