The Universal American almanack, or yearly magazine. Fitted to the latitude of 40 degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London; but may, without sensible error, serve all the northern provinces. For the year of our Lord 1770 ... By Andrew Aguecheek, Esq; philom.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tobler, John, 1696-1765

Language:

English

Physical Description:

[40]p. : ill. ; 8°.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Printed for, and sold by, Thomas Magee, administrator to the estate of Andrew Steuart, deceased, [1769]

Notes:

The pseudonym Andrew Aguecheek is taken from the character in Shakespeare's Twelfth night.

The calendar pages are based upon the work of John Tobler. The calculations and astronomical notes are identical with those in his Pennsylvania town and country-man's almanack for 1770 (Wilmington), except for the addition of a number of notes and some adjustment of the sun columns in January and December.

Though the Tobler almanacs issued after his death in 1765 have been attributed to his son John, the publisher's preface to the South Carolina and Georgia almanack for 1765 (Savannah) states that Tobler's calculations had then been completed up to 1800. The later almanacs contain no indication that Tobler Junior is the author.

Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Sept. 28, 1769.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

Local Notes:

HSP in LCP.

Cited in:

Evans 11139; Drake, M. Almanacs, 9940