(BIBLE IN MASSACHUSETT BOOK OF PSALMS) [Massachusee Psalter

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(BIBLE IN MASSACHUSETT. BOOK OF PSALMS.) [Massachusee Psalter: Asuh, Uk-kuttoohomaongash David . . . or, Psalms of David with the Gospel According to John, in Columns of Indian and English.] 141 (of 203) unnumbered leaves. Small 8vo, later 1/2 calf, worn, boards coming detached; lacking 62 leaves including the first 23, a few other leaves defective, dampstaining; library markings on backstrip and front endpapers, scrawled early ownership inscriptions of Simon Ephraim in lower margins of 3 leaves. [Boston: B. Green and J. Printer, 1709]

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After the Eliot Bible went out of print, Martha's Vineyard missionary Experience Mayhew responded to the demand for scripture in the Massachusett language, re-translating the Psalms and Gospel of John into the Vineyard dialect for this publication. The "J. Printer" who assisted in the printing was the American Indian also known as James the Printer, who had also helped print the Eliot Bible. Church 835; Darlow & Moule 6739; Evans 1380; Sabin 45537; J.H. Trumbull, "The Indian Tongue and Its Literature," in The Memorial History of Boston, page 475-77; Wright page 269.