Poulson's town and country almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1801 ...

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shoemaker, Abraham.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 38315.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Meteorology--Observations.

Meteorology.

Yellow fever--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Yellow fever.

Mortality.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Mortality--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Climate.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Statistics, Vital.

Genre:

Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1801.

Vital statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (48 unnumbered pages)

Place of Publication:

--Philadelphia:-- : Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, numbers 106, Chesnut Street, between Third and Fourth-Streets, nearly opposite to the Bank of North America., [1800]

System Details:

text file

Notes:

"The astronomical calculations of this almanac by Abraham Shoemaker, of New-York."--p. [2].

The Anatomy, as a title vignette, is the only illustration.

"A comparative statement of the number of deaths which occurred each day in the city of Philadelphia, from the first of August to the last day of October, in the years 1793, 1797, 1798 and 1799, during the prevalence of the contagious pestilential fever."--p. [28].

"A list of the births and deaths in the several religious societies in the city of Philadelphia, from May 1, 1799 to May 1, 1800."--p. [28].

The calendar pages include a daily record of weather and temperature for 1799.

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 38315).

Cited in:

Evans 38315

Drake, M. Almanacs, 10566

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