The New-England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1801 ... By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; philom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

West, Benjamin, 1730-1813

Daboll, Nathan, 1750-1818

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[24]p. ; 12°.

Place of Publication:

[Providence] : Printed at Providence (R.I.) by John Carter, opposite the market. (Great allowance made to those who purchase quantities.), [1800]

Notes:

"Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs.

Evans states that this is attributed to Benjamin West, but the actual calculator was Nathan Daboll. The extensive eclipse calculations and those for the moon are identical, and the calendar page notes virtually so throughout, with those in his New England almanac and gentlemen and ladies' diary for 1801 (New London). The author's preface in "Bickerstaff" is a longer version. The other calculations on the calendar pages vary slightly for the most part, reflecting the difference in meridian between New London and Providence.

West and Carter, the publisher, severed relations with the 1781 issue. West's almanac was published thereafter at Providence by Bennett Wheeler as the North American calendar, while Carter continued the New England almanack over the Bickerstaff pseudonym, with which West is often identified. Cf. Chapin, H.M. "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs, 1643-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 25 (1915): 24-26.

Advertised in the Providence gazette, Oct. 25, 1800.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 36962; Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1651; Drake, M. Almanacs, 12969