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245 00 a| Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, or Federal calendar, for 1790.;

260 a| [Boston] :b| Printed by E. Russell, next Liberty-Pole: where may be had cheap to travelling-traders, &c. the Bloody register, no. 4,c| [1789];

300 a| 24 unnumbered pages :b| portraits ;c| 18 cm (12mo);

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500 a| This almanac is unique in that, as discussed in the preface by "I Bickerstaff," the notes on the calendar pages contain no astronomical calculations or weather predictions, but consist only of a calendar of events. The calculations of rising and setting of the sun and moon, the eclipses, etc. do not tally significantly with those of any known calculator for this year. The prose portion of the almanac includes the last two pages of the topographical description of America by Osgood Carleton, of which the greater part, together with Carleton's calculations, appeared in the issue for the previous year.;

500 a| The calculations in the present issue bear only slight resemblance to those in the almanac published under Carleton's name for 1790. The general tone of the facetious preface suggests the work of an amateur. It is clearly not that of the professional Benjamin West, to whom the almanac is attributed by Evans and others.;

500 a| Advertised in the Herald of freedom, Nov. 20, 1789.;

500 a| "A poem, on Gen. Washington.--Composed in 1782, but never published.--By J. Plumer, a citizen of the world."--p. [3-4].;

510 4 a| Evansc| 22268;

510 4 a| Drake, M. Almanacs,c| 3428;

530 a| Microform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.;

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Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, or Federal calendar, for 1790.

Other author	West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.
Other author	Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	[Boston] : Printed by E. Russell, next Liberty-Pole: where may be had cheap to travelling-traders, &c. the Bloody register, no. 4, [1789]
Description	24 unnumbered pages : portraits ; 18 cm (12mo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22268. ^A478749
General note	This almanac is unique in that, as discussed in the preface by "I Bickerstaff," the notes on the calendar pages contain no astronomical calculations or weather predictions, but consist only of a calendar of events. The calculations of rising and setting of the sun and moon, the eclipses, etc. do not tally significantly with those of any known calculator for this year. The prose portion of the almanac includes the last two pages of the topographical description of America by Osgood Carleton, of which the greater part, together with Carleton's calculations, appeared in the issue for the previous year.
General note	The calculations in the present issue bear only slight resemblance to those in the almanac published under Carleton's name for 1790. The general tone of the facetious preface suggests the work of an amateur. It is clearly not that of the professional Benjamin West, to whom the almanac is attributed by Evans and others.
General note	Advertised in the Herald of freedom, Nov. 20, 1789.
General note	"A poem, on Gen. Washington.--Composed in 1782, but never published.--By J. Plumer, a citizen of the world."--p. [3-4].
References	Evans 22268
References	Drake, M. Almanacs, 3428
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. 22268).
Genre/form	Almanacs Massachusetts 1790.

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