Julia Evelina Smith [1792-1886] - Of Glastonbury, CT. Member of the Sandemanians (a restorationist sect in the Church of Scotland) and a worker for women's suffrage. She married Amos A. Parker on April 9, 1879.
For more information on Julia Smith, see the article in Bible Review Vol. 14, No. 2., More Than Any Man Has Ever Done by Emily Walter Sampson.
Title: The | Holy Bible: | Containing the | Old and New Testaments; | Translated Literally From The Original Tongues. | Hartford, Conn.: | American Publishing Company. | 1876.
Date: 1876
Publisher: American Publishing Company: Hartford, CT
Contents: Bible
References: Herbert 2002, Hills 1918, Chamberlin p 28-2.
Images: Cover, Title page
Location: A Copy of Julia Smith's Bible may be found at the Christian Heritage Museum and the Houston Baptist University
Comments: Julia Smith was the first woman to translate the entire Bible alone into English. Images of several pages from Julia Smith's Bible may be found at the Harvard Library exhibit. According the Hills, only 1,000 copies were produced so these are very rare today.
As of late 2008, one copy was available for sale on abebooks for $6,600.
As of October 12, 2009 there are 2 available on Ebay, one is listed at $8500.00. The second had a starting bid of $1200.00 and sold for $1,550.00.
A copy inscribed by Julia Smith sold at the Swann Auction Galleries auction devoted to Printed & Manuscript Americana for $3,360 on September 17, 2009.
Facsimile: A pdf facsimile of this may be found at http://books.google.com/books?id=03gdC1EPvEMC books.google.com
