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Details of this printer/publisher are yet to be unearthed but it is known that he published three hymnals in 1779 in London. These were the work of [[John Newton]] and [[William Cowper]] and contained the first version of the "''folk''" hymn ''Amazing Grace''.
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Details of this printer/publisher are yet to be unearthed but it is known that he published three hymnals in 1779 in London. These were the work of John Newton and William Cowper (See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Cowper Wikipedia]) and contained the first version of the "''folk''" hymn ''Amazing Grace''.
  
 
More information is viewable on the Library of Congress web site. [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/grace/grace-timeline.html]
 
More information is viewable on the Library of Congress web site. [http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/html/grace/grace-timeline.html]

Latest revision as of 11:57, 10 July 2007

Details of this printer/publisher are yet to be unearthed but it is known that he published three hymnals in 1779 in London. These were the work of John Newton and William Cowper (See Wikipedia) and contained the first version of the "folk" hymn Amazing Grace.

More information is viewable on the Library of Congress web site. [1]