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Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1786 [electronic resource] : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, and will serve, for the neighboring states. By Abraham Weatherwise, philom. [Seven lines of verse].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Almanacs, American--Massachusetts--Boston--Early works to 1800.
- Almanacs, American.
- Genre:
- Almanacs.
- Almanacs -- Massachusetts -- 1786.
- Booksellers' advertisements -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource ([24] p. ) ill. ;
- Other Title:
- Weatherwise's town and country almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1786
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed for and sold by J. Norman near the Boston Stone. Where may be had the second edition of the Massachusetts harmony, with a large addition of new tunes lately published in London. Likewise Wats's [sic] Psalms and hymns. By the groce or dozen, [1785?]
- Notes:
- "Weatherwise" almanacs published in Massachusetts during this period are attributed by Evans to David Rittenhouse of Philadelphia. The attribution is unfounded, and most of these almanacs can be shown to have been the work of identifiable New England calculators.
- Illustrated cover, "General Washington's jack ass." -.
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 19224
- Drake, M. Almanacs, 3372
- English Short Title Catalog, W26425.
- OCLC:
- 511141857
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