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Father Abraham's almanack, for the year of our Lord 1778 : ... 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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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796, author.
Contributor:
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796.
Dunlap, John, 1747-1812, printer.
Series:
Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Almanacs, American--1778.
Almanacs, American.
Almanacs, English--Early works to 1800.
Almanacs, English.
Genre:
Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1778.
Almanacs.
Physical Description:
36 pages : illustrations ; 12⁰
Place of Publication:
Lancaster [Pa.] : Printed and sold by John Dunlap, at his printing-office, in Queen-Street, [1777]
System Details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
text file
Notes:
".. the ingenious David Rittenhouse, A.M. of this city [i.e., Philadelphia], has favoured us with the astronomical calculations of our almanack for this year .."--title page.
Advertised in the Pennsylvania packet, Lancaster, Dec. 10, 1777.
The Anatomy is the only illustration.
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 15576
Drake, M. Almanacs, 10049
Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3651
English Short Title Catalog, W8280.
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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