Doolittle Family Bible, 1868

In addition to the printed Biblical text in two columns, there are numerous items loosely found among the pages were: two pages titled: Family Record.Marriages (two columns on one page side), Births (two columns on two sides), Deaths (two columns on one side – many of the Doolittle family are buried in Nisky Hill Cemetery, Bethlehem, Pa.). On these pages are handwritten in black ink the Doolittle family records: the two marriages, eight births and three deaths; two half sheets of paper: on one side each are some typing possibly part of a letter mentioning the American Philosophical Society, Dr. Keen, Dr. Hays, George P. Baker, William Wister Comfort (1874-1955), Paul Shorey (1857-1934), Professor Bliss Perry (1860-1954), Charles H. Grandgent (1862-1939), Felix E. Schurlling(?) – on the reverse sides are handwritten lists of names and numbers which seem to refer to the Bible contents; a blue lined sheet with a penciled draft of a handwritten poem (possibly Hilda’s) about the Lanark Valley; a postcard printed with: Hôtel Syrène – Amalfi (Italy) L. Canestri Proprietaire and a small photograph of a five story building on a promontory jutting out into the sea – beneath in red type “Mes meilleurs souhaits pour la nouvelle annèe. – on the reverse in black ink handwriting “Highly reccomanded – Luigi Canestri. Hotel Loreley. Sorrento.”