A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1784 [electronic resource] : Being bissextile, or leap year, and the eighth of American independence. Calculated for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in latitude 42. 30. north. Longitude 69. 23. w. from London
- Bib ID:
- 3376288
- Format:
- Book
- Online Version:
- http://opac.newsbank.com/select/evans/17929
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- Description:
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- Boston: : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill., [1783]
- [20], 80 p. ; 14 cm. (12mo)
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 17929.
- Notes:
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- Entered by Evans under the publishers, Thomas and John Fleet, who are named in the 1789, 1791, and 1794-96 issues as editors of the Register.
- The almanac was probably calculated by Nathanael Low. The eclipse predictions are a condensed version of those in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1784, also published by Fleet, though the actual calculations tend to vary slightly. The calendar page calculations are for the most part identical, again with some slight variations.
- Advertised in the Continental journal, Boston, Nov. 20, 1783.
- "A register for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts."--80 p. at end. In addition to the usual information found in a state register, p. 17-24 contain "Names of the streets, lanes, and alleys, in the town of Boston", with a description of their routes.
- "Alterations and additions."--p. 77-78.
- Publisher's advertisement, p. 80.
- Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
- Cited In:
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- Evans 17929
- Drake, M. Almanacs, 3333
- Reproduction:
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 17929). Mode of access : World Wide Web.
- Subject:
- Place:
- United States Massachusetts Boston.
- Other authors/contributors:
- Low, Nathanael, 1740-1808
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1808
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1783
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