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Bay Psalm Book

American  

noun

  1. a translation of the Psalms by John Eliot and others: the first book published (1640) in America.


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A book of hymns, the Bay Psalm Book.

From Washington Times ● Feb. 24, 2018

Four years later, in 1640, they published the first book in North America, the Bay Psalm Book.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014

“I thought it was important to keep this historic American book in the country,” billionaire David Rubenstein said of his purchase of the Bay Psalm Book.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2013

Boston's Old South Church sold the Bay Psalm Book from its collection to cover the cost of building repairs and to fund its ministry.

From Reuters ● Nov. 27, 2013

Though it appeared in 1752, a time when "The Bay Psalm Book" was being shoved out of the New England churches, Barnard's Version of the Psalms was never used outside of Marblehead.

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Alice Morse Earle

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