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The American almanack for the year of Christian account, 1741. ... Fitted to the latitude of 40 degrees, and a meridian of 5 hours west from London, but may, without sensible error, serve all the adjacent places from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By Titan Leeds, philomat.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1740 Lee Aja.O1
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leeds, Titan, 1699-1738 26145
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [24]p. : ill. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Andrew Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible in Front-Street, near High-Street, [1740]
- Notes:
- Publisher's prefaces to the issues for 1739 and 1740 state that in 1738, in anticipation of his death, Leeds calculated almanacs "for seven years to come," i.e. 1739-1745.
- At head of title: Leeds coat of arms with scroll reading: The genuine Leeds almanack.
- Advertised in the American weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Nov. 13/20, 1740.
- The Anatomy is the only illustration in the text.
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 4540; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 642; Drake, M. Almanacs, 9622
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