Poulson's town and country almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1800 ... [electronic resource]
- Bib ID:
- 4896966
- Format:
- Book
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- Description:
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- --Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 106, Chesnut Street, between Third and Fourth-Streets, nearly opposite to the Bank of North America, [1799]
- [48] pages ; 12⁰.
- Notes:
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- "A comparative statement of the number of deaths which occurred each day in the city of Philadelphia, from the first of August to the fifth of November, in the years 1793, 1797 and 1798, during the prevalence of the contagious pestilential fever."--p. [3].
- "A list of the births and deaths in the several religious societies in the city of Philadelphia, from May 1, 1798 to May 1, 1799."--p. [2].
- Calculated by Abraham Shoemaker. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages, as well as the eclipse predictions on p. [2], duplicate those in his New Jersey and Pennsylvania almanac for 1800 (Trenton). Columns are added for the moon's age and the sun's declination.
- Reproduction of original from British Library.
- Signatures: [1]⁴ 2² 3⁴ 4² 5⁴ 6² 7⁴ 8²
- The Anatomy, as the title vignette, is the only illustration.
- The calendar pages include a daily record of weather and temperature for 1798.
- Cited In:
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- Drake, M. Almanacs, 10535
- English Short Title Catalog, W29829.
- Evans, 36148
- Reproduction:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
- Subject:
- Almanacs, English -- Early works to 1800
- Place:
- United States Pennsylvania Philadelphia.
- Other authors/contributors:
- Shoemaker, Abraham, author
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Created/Published Date is Before 1955
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1799
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1799
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