his Bible is in the Perth Museum archives.
It consists of Volumes 2 and 3 of a 3-volume set. The condition of both volumes is good to fair; internal pages are in good condition, but all covers, end papers and spines are either torn, loose or missing.
On the first blank page before the title page of Volume 2 is hand printed in small letters: AGNES R. TODD
On the last blank page of Volume 2 is written the signature: Agnes Reid Hislop Perth
Eight pages at the end of Volume 2 are provided for family information. Pages have a printed heading “FAMILY RECORD”, under which is “MARRIAGES”, “DEATHS”, etc.
The title pages of both volumes reads:
THE H O L Y B I B L E, CONTAINING THE O L D A N D N E W T E S T A M E N T S, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHORISED VERSION; WITH EXPLANATORY NOTES, PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS, AND COPIOUS MARGINAL REFERENCES. -------------------------------- BY THOMAS SCOTT, RECTOR OF ASTON SANFORD, BUCKS. -------------------------------- FROM THE LATEST LONDON EDITION, WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS -------------------------------- TO WHICH IS ADDED, A CONCORDANCE TO THE HOLY SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENTS, BY THE REV. JOHN BROWN, OF HADDINGTON. -------------------------------- VOL. II. [or III] NEW YORK: W. E. DEAN, PRINTER & PUBLISHER NO. 2 ANN STREET. 1852. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- // Second volume // First page FAMILY RECORD MARRIAGES James Todd and Allison Wilson married Friday May 7th 1847 // Second page FAMILY RECORD MARRIAGES 1874 James Hislop and Agnes Reid Todd married Wednesday Nov. 4th 1874 Robert Armour and Agnes Reid Hislop married Wednesday Dec 29th 1886 // Third page FAMILY RECORD BIRTHS John Calven Todd Born Tuesday Faby [sic] 15th 1848 Agnes Reed [sic] Todd Born Tuesday July 15th 1851 George Wilson Todd Born Thursday August 16 1855 // Fourth page FAMILY RECORD BIRTHS Alison Marion Hislop Born Saturday April 29th 1876 Ethel Scott Armour. Born Thursday April 10th 1890 // Fifth page FAMILY RECORD BIRTHS [no entries] // Sixth page FAMILY RECORD DEATHS Georg [sic] Wilson Todd Died Wensday [sic] June 30th Aged 1.10 mounth [sic] 1857 John Calven Todd Died Monday Nov 6th Aged 17.9 mounth 1865 James Todd Died Wensday April 26 Aged 55 1876 Alison Todd Died Tuesday Jan 26th Aged 59 1876 // Seventh page FAMILY RECORD DEATHS Allison Marion Hislop Born Saturday April 29th 1876 [above item scratched out] James Hislop Died Monday June 17th 1878 // Eighth page FAMILY RECORD DEATHS [no entries]