Dr. Dwight's Revision (1801)
"In 1797 the project of a second authorized revision of Watts's Psalms took definite shape. In June of that year the General Association of Connecticut requested President [Timothy] Dwight 'to revise Dr. Watts's imitation of the Psalms of David, so as to accommodate them to the state of the American Churches; and to supply the deficiency of those Psalms which Dr. Watts had omitted.'"--Benson, p. 75.
Dr Dwight's revision appeared in 1801 at Hartford with the following title page:
The Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament and applied to the Christian use and worship / by I. Watts ; a new edition in which the Psalms, omitted by Dr. Watts, are versified, local passages altered, and a number of Psalms are versified anew, in proper metres by Timothy Dwight …
(NOTE: The following list is an approximation of the varied publication history of The Psalms of David imitated in the language of the New Testament … and in no way should be considered complete. Additionally, the terms "edition," "printing," and "issue" have not been used consistently in various bibliographies. Therefore, the usage of such terms has little bearing on the organization of this list.)
(Beinecke copies are noted in red.)
Keene, N.H. : Printed by and
for John Prentiss, 1803.
Shaw & Shoemaker 3808
[New Haven] : Printed for Hudson
& Goodwin, 1803. (Za D96 801Pcc)
Shaw & Shoemaker 3815
Charlestown : S. Etheridge,
1804.
Shaw & Shoemaker 5862
New Brunswick : Printed by A.
Blauvelt, 1804. (Za D96 801Pdc)
Shaw & Shoemaker 5865
Albany : Printed and published
by Whiting, Backus & Whiting …, 1804.
(Za D96 801Pdd)
Shaw & Shoemaker 6209
New York : Published and sold
by J. Seymour & Co., 1809. (Za D96 801Pgb
- 2 copies)
Shaw & Shoemaker 17278
Walpole, N.H. : Isaiah Thomas
& Co., 1812.
Shaw & Shoemaker 24849
Concord, N.H. : Printed by I.
and W.R. Hill, 1813.
Shaw & Shoemaker 27925
Haverhill, Mass. : Published
and sold by W.B. & H.G. Allen, 1813.
Shaw & Shoemaker 27926
Philadelphia : Benjamin C. Buzby,
1813.
Shaw & Shoemaker 27927
Montpelier, Vt.: Lucius Q.C.
Bowles, 1814.
Shaw & Shoemaker 30893
Newburyport [Mass.] : W.B. Allen
& Co., 1814.
Shaw & Shoemaker 30894
Havervill, Mass. : Burrill and
Tileston,1816.
Shaw & Shoemaker 36983
New York : E. Duyckinck, 1816. (Za D96 801Pmc)
Shaw & Shoemaker 36984
New York : Rob. McDermott, 1816.
(Za D96 801Pmd - 2 copies)
Shaw & Shoemaker 36985
Newburyport, Mass. : Printed
by Wm. Hastings …, 1816.
Shaw & Shoemaker 36986
Hartford : Printed and published
by George Goodwin and Sons, 1817. (Za D96 801Pnb
- 2 copies)
Shaw & Shoemaker 40225
New York : J.L. Tiffany, 1817.
(Za D96 801Pnc)
Shaw & Shoemaker 40228
Philadelphia : S. Eckstein, 1828.
Philadelphia : Published by M'Carty and Davis, 1828.
Geneva : Published by R. Robbins, 1834.
Elizabethtown, N.J. : T.O. Sayre, 1834.
Cooperstown : H. & E. Phinney, 1836.
1839 (P*)
Derby : Printed and published by Henry Mozley and Son : 1839.
This listing was compiled with the help of the following sources:
Benson, Louis F. "The American revision of Watts's 'Psalms'" in Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society, vol. II (1903-1904), pp. 18-34, 75-89.
Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American Literature.
Evans, Charles. American bibliography: a chronological dictionary of all books, pamphlets, and periodical publications printed in the United States of America from the genesis of printing in 1639 down to and including the year 1820.
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