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Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, New-Hampshire and Vermont almanack, for the year of our Lord 1783: [electronic resource] : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, but will serve without any essential variation for either of the beforementioned states
Bib ID 3373753
Format BookBook, OnlineOnline
Online Versions
Description Worcester [Mass.]: : Printed and sold by Isaiah Thomas., [1782] 
[40] p. : ill. ; 16 cm. (4to) 
Series

Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 17549.

Notes

The almanacs published by Thomas for 1779-1795 are attributed by Evans to Ezra Gleason, but most appear to be the work of other identifiable calculators. The present one may be the work of Nathan Daboll. A large proportion of the astronomical notes on the calendar pages of A New-England almanack and gentleman's and lady's diary of 1783 by Edmund Freebetter [pseud.: i.e., Daboll] (New London) are duplicated here, usually opposite the same calendar date and often with the same calculations, especially those on the movements of the "7 stars" or Pleiades. Elsewhere, most of Daboll's calculations differ, being for New London. Though the preface by "Philomathes" calls this "my sixth almanack," the text of this and other prefaces in the series make it apparent that the pseudonym is that of the publisher.

Advertised in the Massachusetts spy, Worcester, Oct. 31, 1782.

Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.

Cited In

Evans 17549

Drake, M. Almanacs, 3323

Reproduction Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Series I, Evans (1639-1800); no. 17549). Mode of access : World Wide Web. 
Form/genre Almanacs
Place United States Massachusetts Worcester.
Other authors/contributors Daboll, Nathan, 1750-1818  |  Gleason, Ezra, 1748-1808?

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