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Bounty Bible
The ''Bounty'' Bible is a Holy Bible that is thought to have been used on HMS ''Bounty'',〔(Bounty Bible at Pitcairn Island Council 30 November 2011 ). Retrieved 26 January 2014〕 the ship famed for the Mutiny on the ''Bounty''.
==History==
In January 1790, nine of the mutineers from the ship and their Tahitian companions (six men, eleven women and a baby) settled on Pitcairn Island, having anchored HMS ''Bounty'' in a small bay on the northern side of the island and set it on fire after everything of utility was landed. Pitcairn had ample food, water and land for everyone and a mild climate. However after four years the community was in turmoil due to discontent and disorder fuelled by home-distilled alcohol and disputes over women that eventually led to the deaths of all but two of the mutineers; the survivors being Ned Young and John Adams (also known as Alexander Smith).〔(John Adams Story at Fateful Voyage ). Retrieved 26 January 2014〕
Young was an educated man and had been accepted as the leader of the island with Adams as his friend and deputy. He taught Adams to read using a Bible from HMS ''Bounty'', and when he died of asthma six years later Adams ruled the community of 11 women and 23 children and had them follow a Christian way of life, as described in the Bible, observing the rules of the Church of England. He built a school and educated the children, using the Bible to teach them to read and write a little.〔( How Christianity Came To Pitcairn ). Retrieved 21 January 2014〕〔(Pitcairn religion ). Retrieved 21 January 2014〕 In September 1808, the crew of a sealing ship from New England named the ''Topaz'' captained by Mayhew Folger landed on Pitcairn to take on water and they found that the inhabitants spoke English and were devout Christians.
Adams died aged 63 on 23 March 1829 and the ''Bounty'' Bible was reportedly taken from the island on 17 July 1839,〔 having been bequeathed by a grandson to a carpenter named Levi Hayton from the whaling ship ''Cyrus'', who took it home to Windsor, Connecticut.〔(''NY Times'' abstract ). Retrieved 25 January 2014〕 In 1876 all the inhabitants of the Pitcairn Islands became Seventh Day Adventists after a successful Adventist mission.〔(Pitcairn Islands at Credo reference ). Retrieved 25 January 2014〕 The Bible was presented to the Connecticut Historical Society in 1896.〔
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