The North-American calendar: or, The Rhode-Island almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ 1787 : ... calculated for the meridian of Providence, lat. 41$ 51' n. and long. 4h. 45' 38" w. But will serve for any of the adjacent states. / By Benjamin West, A.M. A.A.S. Professor of mathematics and astronomy in the College of Rhode-Island. ; [Six lines of verse quotation].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 20139.

Language:

English

Genre:

Almanacs -- Rhode Island -- 1787.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (24 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Providence: : Printed by Bennett Wheeler, and sold at his office, Westminster-Street., [1786]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

Alden notes several states. In state A-B, the 11th line of the title is in Roman type. In state A, the sittings of the Massachusetts Superior Court for Portland are given as "Falmouth." In state B, these sittings are given as "Portland (late Falmouth)." In state C-E, the 11th line of the title is in Gothic (Black Letter) type. In state C, the title border is without scrolls at the corners and sides. In state D, the title border has scrolls at the corners and sides and pages [24] has no advertisements. In state E, the title border has scrolls and pages [24] has a bookseller's advertisement.

Advertised in the United States chronicle, Providence, Oct. 19, 1786.

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 20139).

Cited in:

Evans 20139

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1036

Drake, M. Almanacs, 12889

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