The Psalms of David : with the Ten commandments, Creed, Lord's prayer, &c. in metre. Also, the Catechism, Confession of faith, liturgy, &c. / translated from the Dutch ; for the use of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church of the city of New-York.

Record ID: 
113929
Title: 
The Psalms of David : with the Ten commandments, Creed, Lord's prayer, &c. in metre. Also, the Catechism, Confession of faith, liturgy, &c. / translated from the Dutch ; for the use of the Reformed Protestant Dutch church of the city of New-York.
Published: 
New-York : Printed by James Parker, at the new printing-office in Beaver-Street, 1767.
Notes: 

With music.
The Catechism has separate paging and special t-p.: The Heidelbergh catechism, or Method of instruction, in the Christian religion, as the same is taught in the Reformed churches and schools in Holland ... [n.p., n.d.]
Caption title: A new version of the Psalms, etc.
An adaptation by Francis Hopkinson (?) of Tate and Brady's version, some of the Psalms being altered so as to fit them to the music used in the Dutch churches. Cf. "To the reader," p. [iii] and O.G. Sonneck. Francis Hopkinson, 1905, p. 93-94.
Contains the first American printings of 23 items.

Provenance: 

From the libraries of Isaac Morris and Elizabeth Anderson.

Associated names: 

Tate, Nahum, 1652-1715.
Brady, Nicholas, 1659-1726.
Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791.
Morris, Isaac, former owner.
Anderson, Elizabeth, former owner.
Parker, James, fl. 1767, printer.

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