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Bay Psalm Book

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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

The Bay Psalm Book bought by Rubenstein was one of two owned by Boston’s Old South Church, and is one of the finest copies remaining of 1,700 that were originally printed.

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

There is owned by the American Antiquarian Society, and kept carefully locked in the iron safe in the building of that Society in Worcester, a copy of the first edition of "The Bay Psalm Book."

From Sabbath in Puritan New England by Earle, Alice Morse

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