Historic Boston Church Considers Sale of Hymnal  The first book
printed in what would become the United States was a Puritan
hymnal of psalms, sturdy enough that 11 copies that came off a
wooden Cambridge press in 1640 still exist. Now, a copy of the
“Bay Psalm Book” may bring millions of dollars to the Boston
church that owns it.   Books and printing are marks of
civilization, “so the ability to create a book in the New World
was,