The New-England almanack, or, Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1794 ... : Calculated for the meridian of Providence ... /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early American imprints. Evans (1639-1800) ;
no. 26465. |
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| Online Access: | Evans Digital Edition |
| Item Description: | "Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs. Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. West and Carter, the publisher, severed relations with the 1781 issue. West's almanac was published thereafter at Providence by Bennett Wheeler as the North American calendar, while Carter continued the New England almanack over the Bickerstaff pseudonym with which West is often identified. Cf. Chapin, H.M. "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs, 1643-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. volume 25 (1915): 24-26. This almanac is so similar to the Rhode Island almanack for 1794, by Elisha Thornton (Warren, R.I.) in its eclipse predictions and the astronomical and horological notes on its calendar pages that it, too, appears to have been calculated by Thornton. The following year, Carter and Wilkinson published two identical issues of the New England almanack, one with Thornton's name on the title page, and the other by "Bickerstaff." An earlier issue for 1794, evidently printed before William Wilkinson was taken into partnership by Carter about the beginning of November 1793, has imprint: "Printed and sold ... by J. Carter." Advertised in the Providence gazette, Nov. 16, 1793. Electronic resource. |
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| Physical Description: | 24 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm. (duodecimo) Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Rhode Island -- Providence. |