The Rhode-Island almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ 1817 ... : Calculated for the meridian of Providence (R.I.) lat. 41 de [sic] 51 m. N. and long. 71 deg. 10 m. W. ... / By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq. philom.
| Other author | Bickerstaff, Isaac. |
| Other author | Daboll, Nathan, 1782-1863. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Providence (R.I.) : Printed and sold by Hugh H. Brown, near the south-east corner of the Market-House--sold also by W. Wilkinson, J. Brewer, Carter & Danforth, and Miller & Hutchens, booksellers.--Sold also by the different booksellers in Newport (R.I.) Price 5 dols. per groce, 50 cts. per dozen, 6 cts. single, [1816] |
| Description | 24 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition |
| Series | Early American imprints. Second series no. 38797. ^A575643 |
| General note | "Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs. |
| General note | The prefatory observations, the eclipse notes, and the notes on the calendar pages in this series through 1818 are identical or nearly so with those in the corresponding issues of Nathan Daboll's New England almanac (New London, Conn.), indicating Daboll's authorship. |
| General note | Advertised in the Providence Gazette for Nov. 9, 1916. |
| General note | "Valuable family medicines. Hugh H. Brown has just received, from Lee's Patent and Family Medicine Store, New-York, and offers for sale ... a fresh supply of the following genuine medicines ... Printing, in its various branches, handsomely executed by said Brown, at the shortest notice, and on the most reasonable terms."--lower cover. |
| References | Shaw & Shoemaker 38797 |
| References | Drake, M. Almanacs, 13007 |
| 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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38797). |
| Genre/form | Almanacs Rhode Island 1817. |
| Genre/form | Advertisements Medicine. |
| Genre/form | Printers' advertisements Rhode Island Providence. |
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