Bibles for Bullwhackers, Missouri Historical Review, April, 1934

Name/Title

Bibles for Bullwhackers, Missouri Historical Review, April, 1934

Entry/Object ID

L1997.1.48

Description

Bibles for Bullwhackers, Missouri Historical Review, April, 1934. Article in "Missouriana" section of this Review about Alexander Majors issuing Bibles to his freighters, pp.211-213. The article was precipitated by the sale of a Bible inscribed, from "Russell, Majors, and Waddell, 1858", which was given to an employee of the freighting firm from St. Joseph. The morals pledge the employees were required to sign is reprinted here. 75/Softbound

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Bibles

Search Terms

Bibles for Bullwhackers, Bibles given to employees by Rusell, Majors, & Waddell, Freighting, Russell, Majors & Waddell, Majors, Alexander

Book Details

Author

State Historical Society of Missouri

Place Published

City

Jefferson City

State/Province

Missouri

Date Published

1934

Call No.

PonyExpress ST

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Condition

Overall Condition

Poor

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jul 3, 2011

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Majors, Alexander