The Vermont almanac and register, for the year of our Lord 1799: being the third after leap year, and until July fourth, the twenty third of the independence of America. Fitted to the latitude and longitude of Rutland. Latitude 43$ 21' north, longitude 2 [degrees] 9 [minutes] east of Philadelphia. - Williams, Samuel, 1743-1817. (Printed at Rutland, Vermont: by John Walker, Jun. [for Samuel Williams], 1798)
Authorship attributed by Evans to Samuel Williams, who was an astronomer and mathematician formerly on the faculty of Harvard. According to Clifford K. Shipton, in Sibley's Harvard graduates, he "published the Vermont almanac and register in 1796-1800."
Advertised in the Rutland herald for Dec. 31, 1798. From Sept. 17, 1798, to Oct. 1799, the Herald imprint read: Printed ... by John Walker, Jun. for S. Williams.
Evans
McCorison, M.A. Vermont
Drake, M. Almanacs
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Keywords: Vermont -- Registers; Almanacs -- Vermont -- 1799.