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A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1794 : Being the second after leap year, and eighteenth of American independence, which began July 4th, 1776. Calculated chiefly for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, the metropolis, being in latitude 42 deg. 25 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. : To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. By Thomas & John Fleet.

Other author/creatorLow, Nathanael, 1740-1808.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill, [1793]
Description20 unnumbered pages, 148 pages ; 14 cm (12mo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 25488
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 25488. ^A478749
General noteThe almanac was evidently calculated by Nathanael Low. The eclipse page duplicates that in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1794. The calculations on the calendar pages are identical for the most part, but in some cases vary by one minute. The weather predictions tend to correspond in the two almanacs. The copyright notice on p. [2] of the Pocket almanack shows that both publications were registered Oct. 21, 1793.
General noteAdvertised in the Columbian centinel, Boston, Dec. 11, 1793, as Fleets' pocket almanack. Previous issues for 1788-1793 were so titled.
General noteTwo states of the "Additions and alterations" on p. 148 noted. One, presumably the later, includes notes on Ebenezer Seaver, John T. Kirkland and Josiah Bartlett, not found in the other.
References Evans 25488
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 3517
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 25488).
Genre/formAlmanacs Massachusetts 1794.
Other titleMassachusetts register for 1794.

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 25488 ✔ Available