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Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1771 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London. ... By Abraham Weatherwise, gent.

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Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed and sold by John Dunlap, at the newest-printing-office, the south side of the Jersey Market, and three doors below Second-Street, [1770]
Description36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 12⁰.
Supplemental Content Full text online
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorTobler, John, 1696-1765, author.
Other author/creatorTobler, John, 1696-1765.
Other author/creatorDawkins, Henry, -1786?, engraver.
Other author/creatorDunlap, John, 1747-1812 printer.
General noteCalculated by John Tobler, probably with revisions by a later hand. The calculations on the calendar pages, except for the tides, are identical with those in his Pennsylvania town and country-man's almanack for 1771 (Wilmington). The notes are also duplicated, but with many omissions and some additions. The eclipse predictions are repeated with some slight adjustments.
General noteThough the Tobler almanacs issued after his death in 1765 have been attributed to his son John, the publisher's preface to the South Carolina and Georgia almanack for 1765 (Savannah) states that Tobler's calculations had then been completed up to 1800. The later almanacs contain no indication that Tobler junior is the author.
General noteAdvertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Sept. 20, 1770.
General noteThe frontispiece is signed: H.D. (Henry Dawkins).
General noteReproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
References Evans, 11927
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 9942
References Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 2615
References English Short Title Catalog, W36916.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Genre/formAlmanacs.
Genre/formAlmanacs Pennsylvania 1771.

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