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The New England primer: improved for the more easy attaining the true reading of English: to which is added the Episcopal and the Assembly of Divines' catechisms: embellished with cuts. New Haven: S. Babcock, [1830?]. |
The New England primer improved: or an easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading; to which is added the Assembly's shorter catechism. Pittsburgh: United Presbyterian Board of Publication, [18--?]. |
"The New England Primer was employed in the petty schools to introduce reading, using the ABC or alphabetic plan by which words were spelled before they were pronounced"
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Starting in 1776, John Hancock's picture replaced King George's. Later, George Washington would replace Hancock. |
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The New-England primer improved: For the more easy attaining the true reading of English: To which is added, the assembly of divines catechism. London: Printed in the Year MDCCLXI [1771] |
"Original sin and predestination were the justification for continual inculcation of the catechism, with corporal punishment for deviations from expected behavior. The ideas the Puritans accepted and the society they expected to build were, in the earliest days, well represented by the New England Primer. As church government, and old country patterns of family and society changed, morality and good character gained equal footing with religion in the reading texts. With the American Revolution, nationalism was added" (Venezky, 1986, p. 136). |
Perry, William. 1798. The only sure guide to the English tongue, or, New pronouncing spelling book : upon the same plan as Perry's Royal standard English dictionary, now made use of in all the celebrated schools in Great Britain, Ireland and America : to which is added, a grammar of the English language, and a select number of moral tales and fables, for the instruction of youth : with an appendix .... Printed at Worcester, Mass. : By Isaiah Thomas, Jun. : Sold wholesale and retail, at his bookstore in Worcester : Sold also at the Worcester bookstore, and by Thomas and Andrews, and other booksellers in Boston. |
The New-England primer, enlarged; O[r], an easy and pleasant guide to the art of reading, adorn'd with cuts. Boston, Ginn, [19--?]. |
The New England primer: a reprint of the earliest known edition, with many facsimiles and reproductions, and an historical introduction. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co, 1899. |
New England primer. The New-England primer improved for the more easy attaining the true reading of English : to which is added the Assembly of Divines, and Mr. Cotton's Catechism. Hartford, CT: Published and sold by Ira Webster, 1843 [1850?]. |
