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Lot Essay
While several individuals with the name Johannes Schneider John Snyder lived in Maryland in the second half of the 18th century, two appear in church records who lived in Hagerstown and may be or be related to the individual whose decorated Bible bookplate appears here. These were Johannes Schneider (n. d.) and his son, Johannes Georg Schneider (b. 1773). Both were members of the Zion Evangelical and Reformed Church in Hagerstown, Maryland. The Johannes Georg's birth on 1 September 1773 and baptism on 11 September are recorded in church records; George Schefer and his wife were the witnesses. Johannes Schneider and his wife Anna Maria also had a daughter, born 1771, named Maria Elisabetha.
This bookplate is inscribed "Haegers=Caundy 1786." Formerly located in western Frederick County, this area of Frederick County including Hagerstown, Maryland, became Washington County in 1776. In 1789, only three years after this bookplate is dated, the western portions of Washington County split again to become Allegheny County. An unusual feature of this bookplate is that its centrally positioned Angel Sofia appears, unlike most Angel Sofia, to be depicted according to late 18th century American hairdressing fashion.
The Bible in which this bookplate is decorated is referred to as the "Gun Wad" Bible. Published in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1776 by Christian Sauer, this is the third edition of one of the first Bibles published in America printed from moveable type. According to tradition, the "Gun Wad" Bible received its nickname when Continental soldiers used unbound sheets of it to stuff cartridges during the Battle of Germantown.
This bookplate is inscribed "Haegers=Caundy 1786." Formerly located in western Frederick County, this area of Frederick County including Hagerstown, Maryland, became Washington County in 1776. In 1789, only three years after this bookplate is dated, the western portions of Washington County split again to become Allegheny County. An unusual feature of this bookplate is that its centrally positioned Angel Sofia appears, unlike most Angel Sofia, to be depicted according to late 18th century American hairdressing fashion.
The Bible in which this bookplate is decorated is referred to as the "Gun Wad" Bible. Published in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1776 by Christian Sauer, this is the third edition of one of the first Bibles published in America printed from moveable type. According to tradition, the "Gun Wad" Bible received its nickname when Continental soldiers used unbound sheets of it to stuff cartridges during the Battle of Germantown.