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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 Wikipedia) and contained the first version of the "folk" hymn Amazing Grace.

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