The Book of Common Prayer ... According to the Use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America
- SIGNED 670, 237pp. 12mo
- New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1851
New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1851. 670, 237pp. 12mo. Contemporary brown velvet, brass clasp and edges, patterned endpapers, gilt edges. Provenance: inscribed by Philip Hamilton to his wife Rebecca. 670, 237pp. 12mo. Rebecca McLane married Philip Hamilton, Alexander Hamilton's youngest child, on December 29, 1842. This Book of Common Prayer is inscribed by Philip to Rebecca on December 25, 1852, evidently a ten-year anniverary present.