{"product_id":"new-england-primer","title":"New England Primer","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume is an 1840s historical facsimile reprint produced by publisher Ira Webster, which replicates the foundational 1777 Boston edition of The New England Primer. Originally compiled in the late 17th century by Benjamin Harris, The New England Primer was the most successful and influential elementary school textbook in colonial American history, shaping the literacy and religious foundations of generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text combines basic literacy instruction with rigorous Puritan theology. It introduces the alphabet through famous illustrated rhyming woodcuts (such as \"In Adam's fall, we sinned all\") and progresses to spelling lists, moral lessons, and historical religious texts. This specific mid-19th-century reprint includes an introduction detailing the book's origins, a prefatory extract from Henry Newman's 1691 Almanack (which contains the earliest known advertisement for the Primer), the standard Westminster Assembly's Shorter Catechism, and John Cotton's Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes. It serves as both a primary tool for childhood education and a profound cultural artifact of early American spiritual and social values.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Cotton, Isaac Watts, Benjamin Harris","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67591707984122,"sku":"NEI3\/29\/09272026","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0635\/3387\/5450\/files\/IMG_7993.jpg?v=1790522417","url":"https:\/\/flippedpages.com\/products\/new-england-primer","provider":"Flipped Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}