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The Columbian almanack, and magazine of knowledge and fun, for the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and ninety-one ... By William Lilly Stover, professor of astronomy and astrology. Calculated at Newport, latitude 41° 25' n.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Am 1790 Sto Aja .377
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stover, William Lilly 51505, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- [24]p. ; 8°.
- Place of Publication:
- Newport (Rhode-Island) : Printed and sold by P. Edes, [1790]
- Notes:
- "William Lilly Stover" is not found in genealogical sources or Rhode Island vital records, and is an obvious pseudonym incorporating the name of the 17th century English astrologer William Lilly.
- Advertised in the Newport herald, Nov. 4, 1790.
- The eclipse notes, ephemeris, and calendar pages (except for weather predictions) are identical with those in the Rhode-Island almanack for 1791, by Elisha Thornton, also printed by Edes.
- Poetry on p. [19-21].
- Local Notes:
- HSP in LCP.
- Cited in:
- Evans 22912; Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1191; Drake, M. Almanacs, 12912
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