Bounty Bible

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The Bounty Bible

The Bounty Bible is a Bible that is thought to have been used on HMS Bounty,[1][2] the ship famed for the Mutiny on the Bounty.

History

Pitcairn stamp

In January 1790, nine of the mutineers from the ship and their

Ned Young and John Adams (also known as Alexander Smith).[3]

Young was an educated man and had been accepted as the leader of the island with Adams as his friend and deputy. He taught Adams to read using a Bible from HMS Bounty, which had been presented to the ship by the Naval and Military Bible Society (now the Naval Military & Air Force Bible Society) prior to sailing from England.[4] When Young died of asthma six years later Adams ruled the community of 11 women and 23 children and had them follow a Christian way of life, as described in the Bible, observing the rules of the Church of England. He built a school and educated the children, using the Bible to teach them to read and write a little.[5][6] In September 1808 the crew of a sealing ship from New England named the Topaz captained by Mayhew Folger landed on Pitcairn to take on water and they found that the inhabitants spoke English.[7]

Adams died aged 63 on 23 March 1829 and the Bounty Bible was reportedly taken from the island on 17 July 1839,

Connecticut Historical Society in 1896.[1]

Return of the Bible to Pitcairn

Following a request for the return of the Bible by Pitcairn school teacher A.W. Moverley,

Adamstown, Pitcairn, which was built in 1954, until a museum was opened in 2006. The Bible is now in the museum, preserved under glass with a facsimile of William and Elizabeth Bligh's marriage certificate, a prayer book, and other artifacts.[2]

Postage stamp

On 15 October 1940 the Pitcairn Islands Post Office opened with the release of the first Pitcairn Islands postage stamps; the 4d (fourpence) value issued on 1 September 1951 features an illustration of the Bible.[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ .
  2. ^ a b c d e Bounty Bible at Pitcairn Island Council 30 November 2011 Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 26 January 2014
  3. ^ a b John Adams Story at Fateful Voyage. Retrieved 26 January 2014
  4. ^ Naval Military & Air Force Bible Society record of proceedings
  5. ^ How Christianity Came To Pitcairn. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  6. ^ Pitcairn religion. Retrieved 21 January 2014
  7. ^ "Pitcairn Island Encyclopedia". Pitcairn Islands Study Center. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  8. ^ NY Times abstract. Retrieved 25 January 2014
  9. ^ a b Pitcairn Islands at Credo reference. Retrieved 25 January 2014
  10. ^ Spectator Archive 21 January 1949 Retrieved 21 January 2014
  11. ^ Geraldton Guardian Saturday 4 June 1949 at National Library of Australia Trove Digitised Newspapers. Retrieved 25 January 2014
  12. ^ Definitive additions at Pitcairn Philatelic Bureau. Retrieved 26 January 2014

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