Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption, 1777. ... : Calculated for the meridian of Boston, lat. 42' 25$ n. ...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 14777. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | Though attributed by Evans to Ezra Gleason, this almanac is one of the Bickerstaff series generally regarded as the work of Benjamin West. Cf. Nichols, C.L. "Notes on the almanacs of Massachusetts." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. volume 22 (1912): 34-35, and the Dictionary of American biography. The eclipse notes and the notes on the calendar pages are identical, except for a slight variance in the calculations, with those in West's New England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for 1777 (Providence : John Carter). The preface is signed: Isaac Bickerstaff. Title vignette: portrait of John Hancock. Followed by 18 lines of verse "On the Hon. John Hancock, Esq. By a lady." Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 28 pages : illustrations, 1 portrait ; 19 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Salem. |