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: 1812
Place of publication: [Boston]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Death; Juvenile poetry; Sex role
Other titles: New England primer.
Notes: Pages [1] and [96] blank.

Picture alphabet in rhyme, p. 23-26.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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