The Believer’s Pocket Companion

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A book titled “The Believer’s Pocket Companion” (2017.78.3.1) and a small paper card (2017.78.3.2) owned by Marquis Peterson. The book has a brown cover with a gold lettering on the spine and a decorative design on the cover. The book is inscribed on the first and second front free endpapers. It has 136 pages. The pages are off white with foxing throughout. The card is yellowed and has “55th Mass. Vol. Inf.” Handwritten in black ink on the front. The book has two inscriptions. On the front free endpaper, signed in ink is [David E. Davis]; on the second front free endpaper, handwritten in graphite in the same hand is [Presented to / Frankie Davis / by her uncle / David E. Davis].

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