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The Continental almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1784 ... By Anthony Sharp, philom.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Sharp, Anthony., Author.
Contributor:
Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796
Language:
English
Physical Description:
[36] p. : ill. ; 8°.
Place of Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, in Market-Street, between Third and Fourth-Streets, [1783]
Notes:
"Anthony Sharp" is a pseudonym found only in almanacs published by Bailey.
Attributed by Evans to David Rittenhouse, presumably on the basis of his past authorship of this and other Pennsylvania almanacs. Rittenhouse's name ceased to appear on almanacs after 1782.
Advertised in the Freeman's journal, Philadelphia, Oct. 8, 1783.
Title vignette. The Anatomy is the only other illustration.
Local Notes:
HSP in LCP.
Cited in:
Evans 18159; Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4369; Drake, M. Almanacs, 10160

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