Bay Psalm Book

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Bay Psalm Book was the first book known to have been both written and printed in the English colonies of America. Its full name is The Whole Book of Psalmes, Faithfully Translated into English Metre. Stephen Daye, a printer in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, printed the first edition of the book in 1640.

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