The Joseph Dow trunk archive · Document gallery 88

Plain Reasons, Albany 1783: covers, title and psalmody

28 photographs · 5 document groups

Photographed by Whit from the recovered Joseph Dow collection. Descriptions follow visible text and physical evidence; uncertain names, dates and associations remain provisional. Upright reading copies link to the unchanged supplied photographs. IMG_4597–IMG_4636 survive here as recovered chat attachment copies, rather than full-resolution camera originals.

JDT-context-4569 · Photographic context view

An incidental room-and-table photograph between the notebook and pamphlet sequences. No readable manuscript page is presented here. The image is retained to preserve the complete supplied intake and its original filename order.

1 photograph(s)

JDT-D649-cover · Lot 3M: pamphlet, inscriptions and binding

Whit’s lot 3M overview is followed by cover inscriptions and edge views. “John Means Book 1783” appears among the ownership writing; other marks require confirmation. The photographs record the worn paper cover, stitching and thickness of the pamphlet.

5 photograph(s)

JDT-D649-title · Plain Reasons: title, publication details and preliminary note

The title argues against using Dr. Watts’ imitations, other poems or human compositions in divine praise, and for a carefully examined metrical version of the Psalms. The imprint reads Albany, printed by Balentine & Webster near the Market, 1783. Preliminary text includes an N.B. signed Thos. Clark, V.D.M., and an address to the Christian reader.

3 photograph(s)

JDT-D649-text-a · Psalmody argument: printed pages 4–12

Nine successive printed pages develop the pamphlet’s scriptural argument about songs of praise and the authority of the biblical Psalms. Page numbers, citations and the original long-s typography remain visible; these images continue directly from the preliminary leaves.

9 photograph(s)

JDT-D649-text-b · Psalmody argument: printed pages 13–22

The argument continues through printed page 22 before the separate address to ministers. The sequence preserves individual page views, marginal wear and stains. The following gallery continues the same pamphlet, record JDT-D649.

10 photograph(s)

Collection photographs supplied by Whit. Descriptions are finding aids, not full transcriptions. Historical medical and religious texts are presented as archival sources. Original filenames and alternate views are preserved. The recovered IMG_4717–IMG_4776 sequence is included in galleries 95–97.