Stephen Daye
Stephen Daye was an early American printer. He was the first printer in British North America, specifically in what would become the United States. He was originally from England and emigrated to the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Daye set up the first printing press in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and printed the first book in English America, the 'Bay Psalm Book' in 1640.
Books
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1. The Bay Psalm Book
The book in question is one of the earliest volumes printed in British North America, known for being the first book of psalms to be translated into English in the New World. It was created by the Puritan leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Colony to provide a version of the Psalms that were more closely aligned with their theological beliefs and more literal to the Hebrew original than the psalm books being used in England at the time. This book not only reflects the religious convictions of the early settlers but also marks a significant milestone in the history of printing in America, as it was produced on the first printing press in the English colonies.
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