Object Details
- Description
- This bound volume contains The Plays of William Shakespeare Volume V, published by Bellamy and Robarts of London in 1791. This was number five of eight volumes, and contained four of Shakespeare’s plays—Anthony and Cleopatra, Coriolanus, Cymbeline, and Macbeth.
- The Copp Collection contains about 150 books of early American imprint and shows a wide range of reading matter typical of a New England Puritan family living in a port town. Literacy was expected of many New Englanders, as Puritan doctrine required everyone to read the Bible. The abundance of multiple Bibles, psalms, hymnodies, sermons, and morality tales reflects the Copp’s religious beliefs. Other highlights of the library include the works of Shakespeare, almanacs, historical and political texts, and travel narratives.
- The Copp Collection contains a variety of household objects that the Copp family of Connecticut used from around 1700 until the mid-1800s. Part of the Puritan Great Migration from England to Boston, the family eventually made their home in New London County, Connecticut, where their textiles, clothes, utensils, ceramics, books, bibles, and letters provide a vivid picture of daily life. More of the collection from the Division of Home and Community Life can be viewed by searching accession number 28810.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John Brenton Copp
- ID Number
- DL.006868.001
- catalog number
- 6868.001
- accession number
- 28810
- Object Name
- book
- Measurements
- overall: 1 3/8 in x 8 5/8 in x 5 3/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 21.9075 cm x 13.6525 cm
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- Cultural and Community Life: Domestic Life
- Cultures & Communities
- Copp Collection
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_307968
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ffd1-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
