The Quaker Ogdens in America

David Ogden of Ye Goode Ship "Welcome" and His Descendants 1682-1897

by Charles Burr Ogden 

Limited edition.  Philadelphia:  J.B. Lippincott Company, 1898  

Hardback is overall in VERY GOOD- condition.

• Brown cloth covers with gilt heraldic device on top board, gilt title to spine. 
• Boards show some smudges, scuffing, edgewear.  Corners are scuffed, frayed, with exposed board.  See photos.
• Spine has gilt text and is bright with chipped, frayed ends.  See photos.
• Binding is partially disbound, with front cover detached at title page and signatures secure with stitches visible at openings.  See photos. 
• Pastedowns and feps have some toning, light foxing, owner's marks.
• Frontispiece is present.
• Ephemera is folded inside cover.
• Illustrations, photo reproductions, are clear.  
• Interior is gently age-toned, exhibits some smudges, light edgewear.  Inside pages show some marginalia.
• Text block edges have untrimmed fore and foot edges. 
• PS2026.0916

245 pages. 6.5 x 9.5 inches

Limited Edition, published for private distribution.  Quarto.  Dark brown boards have heraldic device of the Ogden family in gilt.  Family history and genealogy covering the period 1682-1897.  Illustrated with photographic reproductions, line illustrations in the text.  Top board is detached along the gutter at the title page, held onto the body by the cloth.  Interior is gently toned, shows signs of use and consultation, with some smudges and marginalia.  Condition is overall Very Good Minus.

Researched by Charles Smith Ogden, "the pioneer Ogden historian," and written by Charles Burr Ogden.  This volume is devoted to the history, biography, and genealogy of David Ogden, who emigrated to America on the "Welcome" in 1682, and his descendants to the eighth generation.

Published for private distribution, presumably among family members, this particular copy belonged to Mary Rhoads Ogden (born 1950).  Folded into the front cover is a photocopy, partially completed, of a membership proposal to The Welcome Society of Pennsylvania.  Mary Rhoads Ogden is a tenth-generation descendant of David Ogden. 

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