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245 04 a| The Federal almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1792 :b| Being bissextile, or leap-year, and the sixteenth of American independence.;

260 a| Boston :b| Printed for and sold by the booksellers,c| [1791];

300 a| 24 unnumbered pages :b| illustrations ;c| 17 cm (12mo);

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500 a| Apparently by Osgood Carleton. The calculations in the eclipse predictions, and those for the sun, moon, and tides in the calendar pages, are identical with those in his An astronomical diary or An almanack for 1792 (Boston: S. Hall). The wording of the eclipse predictions is virtually identical. There are different sets of notes on the calendar pages, but with frequent correspondences.;

500 a| Identical in content and typography, except for the title page, with Bickerstaff's genuine almanack for 1792 (Boston: Printed for and sold by the booksellers). Though Evans fails to mention the fact, it is probably for this reason that he attributes the calculations to Benjamin West, as he does those of the Bickerstaff issue and of nearly all almanacs issued under the Bickerstaff pseudonym.;

500 a| Title vignette (portrait of George Washington).;

510 4 a| Evansc| 23981;

510 4 a| Drake, M. Almanacs,c| 3477;

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

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The Federal almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1792 : Being bissextile, or leap-year, and the sixteenth of American independence.

Other author	Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816.
Other author	West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.
Other author	Bickerstaff, Isaac.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Boston : Printed for and sold by the booksellers, [1791]
Description	24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (12mo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition
Subjects	Washington, George, 1732-1799--Portraits.

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23981. ^A478749
General note	Apparently by Osgood Carleton. The calculations in the eclipse predictions, and those for the sun, moon, and tides in the calendar pages, are identical with those in his An astronomical diary or An almanack for 1792 (Boston: S. Hall). The wording of the eclipse predictions is virtually identical. There are different sets of notes on the calendar pages, but with frequent correspondences.
General note	Identical in content and typography, except for the title page, with Bickerstaff's genuine almanack for 1792 (Boston: Printed for and sold by the booksellers). Though Evans fails to mention the fact, it is probably for this reason that he attributes the calculations to Benjamin West, as he does those of the Bickerstaff issue and of nearly all almanacs issued under the Bickerstaff pseudonym.
General note	Title vignette (portrait of George Washington).
References	Evans 23981
References	Drake, M. Almanacs, 3477
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. 23981).
Genre/form	Almanacs Massachusetts 1792.

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