Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Bookplate |
Object ID # |
2020.1.1 |
Title |
Bookplate by Jacob Gross, 1892, in New Testament |
Creator |
Gross, Jacob W., 1807-1900 |
Place of Origin |
Plumstead or New Britain Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania |
Date |
1892 |
Description |
New Testament (1884) with three small pages of calligraphy-fraktur writing dated 1892, signed by Jacob Gross. The first page of inscription reads: "1892 Dieses Neue Testament gehoret mir Daniel Gehman. Es wurde mir gegeben von meinem Grossvater Johannes Gross, als ein geschenk, in diesem buch saget es uns was wir thun sollen..." |
Provenance |
1884 German New Testament owned by Daniel G. Gahman with three pages of fraktur-calligraphy writing, dated 1892, signed by 85 year-old Jacob Gross. Jacob W. Gross (1807-1900) of New Britain Township, Bucks County was earlier a German schoolmaster in the Mennonite communities of that area, from about 1830 to 1835. After retiring from school teaching, he became a farmer and weaver, but continued to do calligraphy work in the Mennonite community, making family registers, bookplates, and other documents. Daniel G. Gahman (1878-1956) lived in Bedminster Township, and married Maggie O. Histand in 1902. |
Source |
Gift of the estate of M. Earl Gahman |
People |
Gross, Jacob W., 1807-1900 Gahman, Daniel G., 1878-1956 |