Das Neue und Verbesserte Gesangbuch

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The book, Family of Five Republics, states
     Of all the books that the Indiana Linebarger family brought with 
     them, the authors know of but two.  We shall speak first of the 
     hymn book which in German is entitled "Das neue
     und verbesserte Gesangbuch," published in 1807 at 
     Germantown, Pa., by Michael Billmeyer, and which, according 
     to the inscription in a skilled and practiced penmanship 
     of the difficult German schrift, was bought by Johannes 
     Leinberger in November, 1811.
The location of John's specific book is unknown.  Below are photos, not 
from that very book, but from another copy of that book, an earlier 1799 
publication.  The title page and the page with the 23rd Psalm are shown.

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