The Pocket selection of hymns
Subtitle: for the use of evangelical churches, and religious assemblies, in the United States ; being a collection from the best authors
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Printed and published by Matthias Bartgis
Published: 1822
Place of publication: Frederick County, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 245
Subjects: English Hymns
Notes: 314 hymns.

Ms. annotations by Prof. Bird.

Old card attributes this to Matthias Bartgis, and ms. note in book gives his full name as Matthias Echternacht Bartgis, with information that he was printer in Frederick Md., 1782-1820 and at that date moved to Pleasant Dale, aged nearly 70 at the time ... This information from an article in Lutheran Observer, May 5, 1865.

The pref. states that the hymns were selected from various hymn books, but a ms. note states that this is untrue and that hymns are wholly from N.Y. Lutheran coll. 1814. i.e. United Lutheran Church in America. Ministerium of New York and adjacent states and countries. A collection of hymns, 1814.