A catechism; or, Compendium of Christian doctrine and practice / By Thomas Baldwin, D.D. ; [Two lines from Psalms].
| Author/creator | Baldwin, Thomas |
| Other author | Chaplin, Jeremiah, 1776-1841. |
| Other author | Dearborn, Nathaniel, 1786-1852, engraver. |
| Other author | Boston Baptist Association. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed by Lincoln & Edmands. Sold at their bookstore, no. 53 Cornhill, and by James Loring, no. 2 Cornhill, 1816. 6 cts. single--60 cts. a dozen--4,50 a hundred. |
| Description | 34 pages, 2 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 14 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 36791. ^A575643 |
| Contents | "A minor catechism, for the first class of learners."--p. [7]-10. |
| General note | Copyright Mar. 1, 1816 by Thomas Baldwin. |
| General note | "The substance of the following catechism was read before the Boston Baptist Association at their annual meeting held in Boston, September 21, 1815. ... the committee ... consider it preferable, on the whole, to any other catechism which they have seen. ... and cheerfully recommend it to all persons who have the care of educating children."--Recommendation, p. [6]. Signed: Jeremiah Chaplin [and three others]. Boston, Feb. 1816. |
| General note | First and last leaves pasted to wrapper. |
| General note | Two issues of wrapper noted. In one, the title vignette depicts one person seated and the advertisement on p. [4] is illustrated with a large wood-engraving by Nathaniel Dearborn of Lincoln & Edmands' "Bible Warehouse, and Theological & Miscellaneous Bookstore." In the other the title vignette depicts two persons seated and the advertisement for "Interesting books for juvenile minds" is not illustrated. |
| General note | "A larger catechism, for the second class of learners."--p. [11]-29. |
| General note | "Hymns."--p. [30]-34. |
| General note | Poems and the Lord's prayer, p. [2] and [35]. |
| General note | Bookseller's advertisement, p. [4] of wrapper. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 36791 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 36791). |
| Genre/form | Juvenile literature 1816. |
| Genre/form | Catechisms. |
| Genre/form | Hymns. |
| Genre/form | Poems 1816. |
| Genre/form | Prayers. |
| Genre/form | Booksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston. |
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