Northampton, Massachusetts
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Northampton, Massachusetts is invoked as the provenance of Johnathon Edwards' Bible — an off-stage source that anchors Bartlet's symbolic choice in intellectual and religious history.
Mentioned nostalgically and reverently; functions as a quiet, historical counterpoint to Oval urgency.
Source location for an inaugural artifact (the Edwards Bible) that Bartlet briefly prioritizes for ceremony.
Represents private belief, tradition, and historical gravitas Bartlet wants to channel for the inauguration.
Not physically accessed during the event; procurement would require external coordination and permission from a historical institution.
Northampton, Massachusetts is invoked as the physical provenance of Jonathan Edwards' Bible—the symbolic object Bartlet chooses—linking the inauguration's ceremonial optics to Puritan intellectual history and moral seriousness.
Not depicted directly; invoked as quiet, venerable and historically weighty.
Source location for the historic Bible chosen for the inauguration.
Connotes theological seriousness, historical continuity, and an image‑conscious choice meant to root the presidency in moral tradition.
Offstage; retrieval would require institutional permission or transport.
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In the Oval, a small domestic moment — Bartlet changing his mind about an inaugural Bible — is abruptly overshadowed by harsh policy reality. Leo brings up an oddly poetic …
In the Oval Office Bartlet abruptly changes his mind about which Bible to use for the inauguration, asking Charlie to fetch the Jonathan Edwards Bible from Northampton, Massachusetts — a …