A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1787 : Being the third after leap year, and the eleventh of American independence. Calculated for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in latitude 42 deg. 25 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 19649. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | 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. Advertised in the Independent chronicle, Boston, Nov. 30, 1786, as "Fleet's Massachusetts register and pocket almanack." Subsequent issues for the years 1788-1793 are entitled Fleet's pocket almanack. The almanac was apparently calculated by Nathanael Low. The eclipse predictions and notes are identical with those in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1787, also published by Fleet. The calendar page calculations are also identical for the most part, but with some slight variations. Signatures throughout: 1787. "Declaration of American independence ..."--pages [1-6], 1st count. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 20 unnumbered pages, 112 pages ; 14 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston. |