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[16], 21, [3] p., [1] leaf of plates
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ill
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18 cm. (8vo)
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[Chester, Vt Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc 2002- Online-Ressource Early American imprints. First series ; no. 41885
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Attributed to Samuel Stearns by Evans (entry 11078). The preface, signed "Incog.", reads: "My first production of the astronomical kind is here presented to you. ... The cause of my not prefixing my real name to this my first essay, is (what I think) a prudent diffidence." The preface to the next issue, for 1770, is evidently by the ame author, and concludes: "I have not yet had time to think upon the name by which I should best like to be known in the world, and therefore must remain the public's humble servant, Incog."
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Bristol, B2945
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Drake, M. Almanacs, 3177
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Frontispiece signed: P. Revere sculp
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However, the first almanac under Stearns' own name also appeared for 1770, entitled The North American's almanack (Boston: The author). Its calculations bear no resemblance to those in the 1770 Edes & Gill's North American almanack, which Evans again attributes to Stearns. Evans' attribution, therefore, is probably based upon the similarity in titles, since no other ground for it is apparent
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Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription
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Shipton & Mooney, 41885
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The second edition was advertised in the Boston gazette, Dec. 26, 1768
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series
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English
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