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The American country almanack for the year of Christian account, 1746 [electronic resource] : ... Calculated from Caroline tables, according to art, and fitted for the province of Pennsylvania, but may without sensible error serve all the provinces adjacent. By Thomas More, philodespot. [Four lines of verse].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- More, Thomas, philodespot., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Almanacs, American--Pennsylvania--Early works to 1800.
- Almanacs, American.
- Genre:
- Almanacs.
- Almanacs -- Pennsylvania -- 1746.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([24]p. )
- Other Title:
- American country almanack for the year of Christian account, 1746
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, at the new printing office near the market, [1745]
- Notes:
- "This is the first appearance of the Thomas More almanac which from the outset appears to have been issued with both a Franklin-Philadelphia imprint, and a Parker-New York imprint. The contents of the two differ in the printing for the year 1746 only in the imprint and the court days."--Miller.
- "Thomas More" is a pseudonym.
- Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Oct. 17, 1745.
- The only known copy, held by the Library of Congress, lacks p. [21-24]. Pagination determined from the Parker-New York issue, which lacks title page. Cf. Miller.
- Reproduction of original from Library of Congress.
- Cited in:
- Bristol, B1272
- Shipton & Mooney, 40381
- Drake, M. Almanacs, 9665
- Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 937
- Miller, C.W. Franklin, 377
- English Short Title Catalog, W558.
- OCLC:
- 510837280
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