CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics

CQ Roll Call Policy and Politics


America’s First Book and Its Impact on Everything from Religion to Press Freedom

December 21, 2015

CQ Now introduces you to a very special piece of American history at the Library of Congress:the Bay Psalm Book, printed in 1640 in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. It is the first book printed in what is now the United States and it helped shape everything from religious expression to the political culture in the 13 colonies.