Description
Small, leather bound Episcopal prayer book; covers have embossed cross. Front cover and spine are stamped "prayer" in gold. Coat of arms on back leaf: shield with greyhounds & fleurs-de-lis under bishop's mitre, motto, FIDES SCUTUM. Bits of fern and flowers pressed between pages. Entries on pages 66 & 67 suggest owner was associated with the Navy. Flyleaf inscribed: "E.G. Whitehouse/July 26, 1865", "J. Fagan & Son/Stereotype Founders H.B. Ashmead/Printer".