The New-England almanack; and gentleman's and lady's diary, for the year of our Lord 1779 : ... Fitted to the horizon and meridian of New London, lat. 41 degrees 25 minutes north; long. 72 degrees 4 minutes to the westward of the observatory of Greenwich in England. / By Edmund Freebetter. ; [Six lines of verse].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daboll, Nathan, 1750-1818

Contributor:

Green, Timothy, 1737-1796, printer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Connecticut.

Almanacs, American--Connecticut.

Almanacs, American.

Almanacs--18th century.

Almanacs.

Genre:

Relief prints.

Almanacs -- Connecticut -- 1779.

Physical Description:

[24] pages : illustrations ; 17 cm. (8vo)

Place of Publication:

New-London [Conn.]: : Printed and sold by T. Green., [1778]

Notes:

For attribution of the Freebetter series to Daboll, see: Bates, A.C. "Checklist of Connecticut almanacs, 1709-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society n.s. 24 (1914): 125-129.

"The calculations for this almanack are the performance of the most approved astronomer in this state ..."--Note on p. [2], signed: E.F.

Advertised in the Connecticut gazette, New London, Nov. 20, 1778.

Signatures: [A-B]⁴ C⁴.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

Local Notes:

HSP Copy missing pages 23-24

Cited in:

Evans 15777

Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 226

Johnson, H.A. New London, 1067

Drake, M. Almanacs, 323

OCLC:

207689336