Sacred poetry: consisting of psalms and hymns, adapted to Christian devotion in public and private. / Selected from the best authors, with variations and additions. By Jeremy Belknap, D.D. ; Published according to act of Congress.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798, compiler.

Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826, editor.

Clarke, John, 1755-1798, editor.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14472.

Language:

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Hymns, English.

Genre:

Hymns, English.

Psalters -- 1808.

Hymnals.

Physical Description:

v pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 8-231 pages, 9 unnumbered pages, 262 pages ; 16 cm

Edition:

Fifth edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed by J.T. Buckingham, for Thomas & Andrews and D. West, proprietors of the work, and sold at their respective bookstores., Oct. 1808.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

"Since the death of my brother, the late Dr. John Clarke, I think I am at liberty to say, that many of the variations and additions in this collection of psalms and hymns, were either made or suggested by him ..."--note on p. 249; signed: J.B. May 31, 1798.

"The characters denoting the sharp or flat key are prefixed to each psalm or hymn at my request, by the Rev. Dr. Morse, of Charlestown."--preface, p. v.

Edition statement transposed; precedes "Published ... Congress." on title page.

Includes indexes.

Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 14472).

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