Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the year of our Lord 1801 ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London; but may, without sensible error, serve all the northern states. By Richard Saunders, philom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shoemaker, Abraham

Saunders, Richard.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[36] p. : ill. ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Hall & Sellers--no. 51--Market Street, [1800]

Notes:

"Richard Saunders" is a pseudonym.

The calculator was Abraham Shoemaker. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages are identical with those in The New Jersey and Pennsylvania almanac for 1801 (Trenton), by Shoemaker. There are fewer columns of calculations, and different notes for the length of day. Shoemaker's eclipse predictions are repeated on p. [28].

Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Dec. 3, 1800.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

Local Notes:

Library copy: -3 leaves

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 38464; Drake, M. Almanacs, 10563