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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.
- 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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