Imprint Record

The Christian's Pocket Companion.

  • Imprint Number: 1802.019
  • Title: The Christian's pocket companion: being a collection of the newest and most admired spiritual songs, now made use of by the United Baptists in Virginia. Selected by John Courtney, sen.
  • Sequence Number: 19
  • Year: 1802
  • Place Issued: Richmond
  • Issuing Press: Dixon & Courtney
  • Author: Courtney, John Sr. (1744-1824), comp.
  • Notes: Imprint compiled by Rev. John Courtney, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Richmond, and printed by his son, John Courtney Jr., later a minister in that same church; text contains lyrics to spiritual songs without music.
    Early American Imprints Series erroneously reports title as "Christian," not "Christian's."

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