Format:
[24] p
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18 cm. (12mo)
Edition:
[Chester, Vt Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc 2002- Online-Ressource Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36962
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Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text
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"Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs
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Advertised in the Providence gazette, Oct. 25, 1800
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Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1651
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Drake, M. Almanacs, 12969
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Evans states that this is attributed to Benjamin West, but the actual calculator was Nathan Daboll. The extensive eclipse calculations and those for the moon are identical, and the calendar page notes virtually so throughout, with those in his New England almanac and gentlemen and ladies' diary for 1801 (New London). The author's preface in "Bickerstaff" is a longer version. The other calculations on the calendar pages vary slightly for the most part, reflecting the difference in meridian between New London and Providence
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Evans, 36962
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Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription
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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. v. 25 (1915): 24-26
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Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series
Language:
English
Keywords:
Almanacs
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Almanacs
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Almanacs
URL:
Volltext
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