| Show book of prayer used by greeley at smithsonian washington D C an 01 old d episcopal prayer book used every day by the late gen adolphus greeley dur ing his is arctic c ac elpe expedition I 1 loil forms a part of a collection of his pors personal onal effects decently lecent ly placed on exhibition by the smithsonian institution through the courtesy of his heirs the battered old book of common prayer falls open naturally when it is picked up to a selection from the forty fifth eighty ninth and one hundred and tenth psalms day after day more than a half halt century ago it was opened to that page by the commander of a little body of american sold ers in about the most desperate circumstances in m the story of polar the reading of passages from this book by greeley helped to keep up the courage of this starving followers while their number dropped from 25 to 7 among other relics of the heroic expedition contained in the collection are the spectacle s and gloves worn by greeley at the lady frank lin bay pay camp a sprig of arctic grass he collected as a sample of grinnell land flora the flag that flew over the camp it T ady arar 1 hn in b bay ay and tattered fragments of the flag ag flown over the farther t north camp established by the expedition 1 frank beckwith notary public |
