The Boston primer
Subtitle: being an improvement of the New England primer. : Containing, among many other things suitable for young children, Dr. Watts's and the Assembly's catechisms, : with a variety of instructive lessons, hymns, &c. suited to the capacities of children, and de-signed to assist them in learning to spell and read. : Adorned with cuts
Contributors: Manning & Loring; Westminster Assembly (1643-1652)
Publisher: Printed and sold by Manning & Loring, no. 2, Cornhill, Boston.--
Published: 1810
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Examinations, questions; Juvenile literature; Sex role; Bible
Other titles: New England primer.
Notes: Pages [1] and [96] are blank.

Picture alphabet in rhyme, p. 23-26.

"An alphabet of lessons for youth."--Page 32-33.

Description of John Rogers' martyrdom at the stake, p. 35.

"The modest and discreet female."--Page 41.

"Dr. Watts's Cradle hymn."--Page 73-75.

"Dr. Watts's Catechism for young children of three or four years old."--Page 76-78.

"The shorter catechism, agreed upon by the Reverend Assembly of Divines at Westminster."--Page 79-94.

Signatures: A-D¹².

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 0

Heartman, C.F. American primers, Indian primers, Royal primers, and thirty-seven other types of non-New-England primers issued prior to 1830, 32

Gift; Frances Henne; 1985.

Rare Book copy: Bound in quarter brown leather with marbled paper over scaleboard; first and last leaves pasted to boards.