Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption, 1783 : Fitted for the meridian of Boston, N.E. lat. 42' 25⁰ N. ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Eighteenth century collections online.
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| Online Access: | Full text online |
| Item Description: | Attributed to Benjamin West in Nichols, C.L. "Notes on the almanacs of Massachusetts." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. volume 22 (1912): 34-35; and in the Dictionary of American biography. However, the eclipse notes, calculations, and notes on the calendar pages do not resemble those in West's North-American calendar for 1783 (Providence), whereas they contain frequent correspondences or similarities with Nathan Daboll's The New-England almanack and gentleman's and lady's diary for the same year, published at New London under the pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter, such as to suggest a common authorship. Two states noted. One has a four-line advertisement for booksellers and shopkeepers in Boston and Salem on page [24]; the other dfoes not. Advertised in the Independent ledger, Boston, Oct. 28, 1782. Reproduction of original from the British Library. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 12⁰. |