The book of common prayer, and administration of the sacraments, and other rites and ceremonies : as revised and proposed to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church, at a convention of the said church in the states of New-York, New-Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and South-Carolina, held in Philadelphia, from September 27th to October 7th, 1785.

Accession number
PML 37344
Published
Philadelphia, : Printed by Hall and Sellers : and sold for the benefit of sundry corporations and societies, instituted for the support of the widows and children of deceased clergymen, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
Credit line
Gift of Mrs. George Nichols, 1942.
Notes
"Tunes, suited to the psalms and hymns of the Book of common prayer": p. [363-364], 1-8. Lacks last leaf containing errata. The music was composed by Francis Hopkinson.
Four leaves of printed music.
Signatures: a-e⁴, A-Z⁴, Aa-Ss⁴, 8 p.
Description
[364], 8, [2] p. : ill. ; 17 cm
Provenance
"The gift of William Burton Esq. of Pennsylvannia 1786," inscription facing title page.
Binding
Contemporary gilt-tooled red calf.
Classification
Book
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Department
Printed Books