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The New-England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1769. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, in New-England, lat. 42, 25 north, and 4 hours 40 minutes west, from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. By Benjamin West, philomath. [Four lines from Gay]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1762 Wes (bw) Aja.37.7
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [24]p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed by Mein and Fleeming, at the new printing-office in Newbury-Street, and to be sold by John Mein, at the London book-store, north side of King-Stseet [sic], and by Benjamin West, (the author) in Providence. (Price two pistareens by the dozen, and six coppers single.), [1768]
- Notes:
- Advertised in the Boston chronicle, Sept. 12/19, 1768.
- Parentheses substituted for square brackets enclosing price in imprint.
- Bookseller's advertisements, p. [1], [4].
- Account of Benjamin Franklin's experiments with atmospheric electricity, p. [17-20].
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 11114; Drake, M. Almanacs, 3180
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