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The New-England almanack, or, Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1788: ... : Calculated for the meridian of Providence .. / By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; philom. ...
Evans Digital Edition Connect to full text, no. 20880 Available online
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- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20880.
- Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Almanacs -- Rhode Island -- 1788.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 unnumbered pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Providence: : Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, by John Carter, at the Post-Office, at Shakespeare's Head, near the State-House., [1787]
- System Details:
- text file
- Notes:
- "Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs.
- Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. The actual calculator appears to be Nathan Daboll. The astronomical and horological notes on the calendar pages are frequently identical with or similar to those in The New England almanack and gentlemen and ladies diary for 1788 (New London), calculated by Daboll under the pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter. The calculations for the moon are identical throughout. The other calculations on the calendar pages vary to a degree reflecting the difference in meridian between New London and Providence.
- West and Carter, the publisher, severed relations with the 1781 issue. West's almanac was published thereafter at Providence by Bennett Wheeler as the North American calendar, while Carter continued the New England almanack over the Bickerstaff pseudonym with which West is often identified. Cf. Chapin, H.M. "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs, 1643-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. volume 25 (1915): 24-26.
- Advertised in the Providence gazette, Oct. 13, 1787.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Incorporated, 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; numbers 20880).
- Cited in:
- Evans 20880
- Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1065
- Drake, M. Almanacs, 12896
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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