August 13th, 2012

The Bay Psalm Book - The First Book Ever Printed In “The United States”

This humble and well-worn hymnal was printed in 1640 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, by Stephen Daye, first printer of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is the very first book printed in what is now the United States.

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