Stafford's almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1786; ... Adapted to the horizon and meridian of New-Haven, lat. 41 deg. 19 min. north: longit. 73 deg. 14 min. to the westward of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, (according to the latest observations) but may serve indifferently for all the towns in Connecticut, and the adjacent states. By Hosea Stafford, philomathes. ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Strong, Nehemiah, 1729-1807 11621

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[24]p. ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

New-Haven : Printed and sold by T. & S. Green, [1785]

Notes:

Attributed to Strong by Evans and in: Bates, A.C. "Checklist of Connecticut almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 24 (1914): 102, 124. The title pages of Strong's almanacs for 1806 and 1807 published at New Haven identify Strong as the author of those formerly issued under the pseudonym of Hosea Stafford.

In this issue the eclipse predictions (p. [2]) are identical in wording and calculations with those in Strong's signed almanac for this year, An astronomical ephemeris, calendar, or almanack for 1786 (Hartford). The "Stafford" series now begins to move toward the close similarity it eventually reached with the parallel series of almanacs published at Hartford under Strong's own name.

Advertised in the Connecticut journal, New Haven, Dec. 7, 1785.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 19264; Trumbull, J.H. Connecticut, 177; Drake, M. Almanacs, 392