<I>The Standard Manual for Baptist Churches</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1951
name: label: Written by
content: Edward T. Hiscox D.D., American, 1814 - 1901
label: Published by
content: American Baptist Publication Society, American, founded 1824
label: Subject of
content: Rock Rest Tourist Home, American, 1948 - 1976
label: Owned by
content: Clayton Sinclair, American
label: Owned by
content: Hazel Sinclair, American
notes: label: Description
content: A hardcover copy of The Standard Manual for Baptist Churches by Edward T. Hiscox, D.D. The hardcover clothbound book is black with gold leaf text and design elements. The top half of the front cover features the title of the book printed in gold leaf text that reads [THE / STANDARD MANUAL / FOR / BAPTIST CHURCHES]. Below is a small illustration of a cross pattée with three rays extending outwards between each set of arms. At the center of the front cover is the name of the author printed in gold leaf text that reads [EDWARD T. HISCOX, D.D.]. Printed in gold leaf on the spine is the title of the book and the last name of the author at the top, and another cross pattée at the center. The back cover is plain. The interior pages are white with black text. The book features 15 chapters titled: [A CHRISTIAN CHURCH], [CHURCH OFFICERS], [CHURCH ORDINANCES], [CHURCH-MEMBERSHIP], [CHURCH DISCIPLINE], [CASES OF APPEAL], [CHURCH BUSINESS], [CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE], [OPTIONAL STANDING RESOLUTIONS], [BAPTISM CONSIDERED], [THE LORD'S SUPPER], [INFANT BAPTISM], [CHURCH GOVERNMENT], [CHURCH OFFICERS], and [BAPTIST HISTORY]. The text [CHURCH OFFICERS] is circled in pencil under the table of contents. Handwritten blue ink text at the top of the front pastedown reads [Clayton Sinclair / Harbor Road / Kittery Point / Maine]. Throughout the book are several [x] marks written in pen noting various passages. The book has 174 pages.
place: label: Place collected
content: Kittery, York County, Maine, United States, North and Central America
label: Place printed
content: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Baptist
label: Topic
content: Black Enterprise
label: Topic
content: Black interiors
label: Topic
content: Literature
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Segregation
label: Topic
content: Travel
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Collection title
content: The Rock Rest Tourist Home Collection
label: Classification
content: Books and Published Materials
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail, Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.12.52.33
objectType: label: Type
content: hardcover books
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Public domain
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with leaf (metal) and book cloth (textile material) on cardboard
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 6 1/8 × 4 1/2 × 11/16 in. (15.5 × 11.5 × 1.7 cm)