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The Anglican Missal

The missal is inscribed on the front leaf with the following: To the Glory of God and in pious memory of Margaret Matilda Jane Wife of Edward Jarvis Hodgson, This Missal was illuminated by Henry Coleridge Stuart for use at the Altar of the Chapel of All Souls St. Peter's Cathedral, Charlottetown, M. E. J. 1892."

The inside cover is embossed with a similar inscription in Latin, showing the book in memory of "Magaritae Matilda Joanna Hodgson," wife of Edward Jarvis Hodgson, showing death date of 19 October 1889.

The Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments

The cover of the Bible is embossed with a wreath which says "British and Foreign Bible Society." It was used as part of St. Peter's Boys School. An inscription on the front end page reads "St. Peter's Boys School No. 21" and several handwritten names are also shown, including William G. Hogg, Jasper [Ings?], and other illegible notes. On the inside front page is: "Appointed to be read in churches." "Cum privilegio."

Self-Interpreting Holy Bible containing the Old and New Testaments

The "self-interpreting" bible, with notes by Rev. John Brown, D.D., is also referred to within St. Peter's Cathedral Church as "the Wadman Bible." Inside the pages of the book are an envelope addressed to T. Edgar McNutt from William H. H. Wadman, postmarked 22 August 1963, enclosing a letter asking that the bible be put into safekeeping at St. Peter's Cathedral. William Wadman notes that the bible contains a family record of the family of Henry D. Wadman. The genealogical information itself is listed on pages between the Old and New Testaments.

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