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An astronomical diary [electronic resource] : or, An almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1758. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston in New England, lat. 42 deg. 25 min. north. By Nathaniel Ames. [Ten lines of verse].

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ames, Nathaniel, 1708-1764.
Contributor:
Draper, John, 1702-1762, printer.
Language:
English
Genre:
Almanacs.
Almanacs -- Massachusetts -- 1758.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([16]p. )
Other Title:
Astronomical diary
Place of Publication:
Boston; New-England : Printed by J. Draper, for the booksellers, [1757]
Notes:
Advertised in the Boston evening post (printed by T. Fleet), Nov. 28, 1757. Also advertised in the Boston news-letter (printed by J. Draper), Dec. 1-8, 1757, as "sold by T. Fleet, S. Kneeland, Z. Fowle, Green and Russel, and by the printer of this paper; as also by the booksellers in Boston. There are pirated almanacks abroad, said in the title-page to be printed & sold by Edes & Gill in Queen-Street, which are not agreeable to the copy purchased by Dr. Ames." The pirated edition referred to is presumably Drake 3109.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Cited in:
Evans, 7830
Drake, M. Almanacs, 3108
English Short Title Catalog, W29773.
OCLC:
511178125

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