Bailey's pocket almanac, being an American annual register, for the year of our Lord 1787.
| Other author | Workman, Benjamin. |
| Other author | Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832. |
| Other author | Pursell, Henry D., engraver. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, at Yorick's Head, in Market-Street, [1786] |
| Description | 80 unnumbered pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates (2 folded) : illustrations, map ; 9 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Subjects |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19488. ^A478749 |
| General note | Calculated by Benjamin Workman. The eclipse predictions and the calculations on the calendar pages (excepting the added tide columns) duplicate those in William Goddard's Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia almanack for 1787 (Baltimore). Workman's authorship of the astronomical portion of the latter almanac is mentioned in his letter in Goddard's 1788 issue, entitled the Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and Virginia almanack. |
| General note | In an advertisement in the Freeman's journal, June 14, 1786, Workman offers his calculations for 1787 almanacs to publishers in Philadelphia and elsewhere. |
| General note | Bailey's pocket almanac was advertised in the Freeman's journal, Dec. 20, 1786. |
| General note | Plates engraved by Henry D. Pursell. |
| General note | "Contains an anonymous untitled poem by [Philip] Freneau embodied in 'A short account of the West Indies.' Author of the 'account' not determined. The poem collected in Miscellaneous Works, 1788, as 'Stanzas written in a blank leaf of Burke's History of the West India Islands.' "--BAL. |
| References | Evans 19488 |
| References | BAL 6436 |
| References | Drake, M. Almanacs, 10207 |
| Other forms | Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19488). |
| Genre/form | Almanacs Pennsylvania 1787. |
| Genre/form | Maps United States. |
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