The ''Primer'' was first published prior to 1690.<ref>[https://www.thefederalistpapers.org/ebooks/the-new-england-primer The New England Primer]</ref> It was used as a primary textbook among other texts, such as Dilworth's Spelling Book, the Psalter, and the Testament.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhLZsUeqmasC&pg=PA162|last1=Whiton|first1=John M.|title=Sketches of the History of New-Hampshire, from Its Settlement in 1623, to 1833: Comprising Notices of the Memorable Events and Interesting Incidents of a Period of Two Hundred and Ten Years|date=1834|work=Marsh, Capen and Lyon}}</ref> | The ''Primer'' was first published prior to 1690.<ref>[https://www.thefederalistpapers.org/ebooks/the-new-england-primer The New England Primer]</ref> It was used as a primary textbook among other texts, such as Dilworth's Spelling Book, the Psalter, and the Testament.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MhLZsUeqmasC&pg=PA162|last1=Whiton|first1=John M.|title=Sketches of the History of New-Hampshire, from Its Settlement in 1623, to 1833: Comprising Notices of the Memorable Events and Interesting Incidents of a Period of Two Hundred and Ten Years|date=1834|work=Marsh, Capen and Lyon}}</ref> |