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245 00 a| Bickerstaff's genuine Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Vermont Rhode-Island, and Connecticutt [sic] almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1792 ... :b| Calculated for the meridian and latitude of Boston; will serve without any essential variation, for all the New-England states.;

260 a| Boston :b| Printed and sold by Nathaniel Covely [i.e., Coverly],c| M,DCCXCII. [i.e. 1791];

300 a| 24 unnumbered pages :b| illustrations ;c| 20 cm (12mo);

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| microform2| rdamedia;

338 a| microfiche2| rdacarrier;

490 1 a| Early American imprints. First series ;v| no. 23984;

500 a| Evans attributes the calculations to Benjamin West, as he does those of nearly all almanacs issued under the Bickerstaff pseudonym. However, the calculations in the eclipse notes, and for the sun, moon, and tides in the calendar pages, are identical (except for some typographical errors in this edition) with those in Osgood Carleton's An astronomical diary: or, An almanack for 1792 (Boston: S. Hall). The wording of the eclipse predictions is practically identical. The notes on the calendar pages, though differing, correspond as often as not.;

500 a| Also issued by Coverly as Weatherwise's genuine Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode-Island, and Connecticutt [sic] almanack, with differences in the title page but otherwise identical in typography and contents.;

500 a| Two states of the title page noted, differing only in that the order of the two relief cuts is reversed in the latter.;

500 a| Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.;

510 4 a| Evansc| 23984;

510 4 a| Evansc| 23985;

510 4 a| Drake, M. Almanacs,c| 3474;

510 4 a| Drake, M. Almanacs,c| 3475;

655 7 a| Almanacsz| Massachusettsy| 1792.2| rbgenr;

700 1 a| West, Benjamin,d| 1730-1813.=| ^A478780;

700 1 a| Carleton, Osgood,d| 1742-1816.=| ^A478781;

752 a| United Statesb| Massachusettsd| Boston.;

830 0 a| Early American imprints.n| First series ;v| no. 23984.=| ^A478749;

830 0 a| Early American imprints.n| First series ;v| no. 23985.=| ^A478749;

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Bickerstaff's genuine Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Vermont Rhode-Island, and Connecticutt [sic] almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1792 ... : Calculated for the meridian and latitude of Boston; will serve without any essential variation, for all the New-England states.

Other author	West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.
Other author	Carleton, Osgood, 1742-1816.
Format	Microform
Publication Info	Boston : Printed and sold by Nathaniel Covely [i.e., Coverly], M,DCCXCII. [i.e. 1791]
Description	24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 20 cm (12mo)

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23984 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23984. ^A478749 Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23985. ^A478749
General note	Evans attributes the calculations to Benjamin West, as he does those of nearly all almanacs issued under the Bickerstaff pseudonym. However, the calculations in the eclipse notes, and for the sun, moon, and tides in the calendar pages, are identical (except for some typographical errors in this edition) with those in Osgood Carleton's An astronomical diary: or, An almanack for 1792 (Boston: S. Hall). The wording of the eclipse predictions is practically identical. The notes on the calendar pages, though differing, correspond as often as not.
General note	Also issued by Coverly as Weatherwise's genuine Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode-Island, and Connecticutt [sic] almanack, with differences in the title page but otherwise identical in typography and contents.
General note	Two states of the title page noted, differing only in that the order of the two relief cuts is reversed in the latter.
General note	Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.
References	Evans 23984
References	Evans 23985
References	Drake, M. Almanacs, 3474
References	Drake, M. Almanacs, 3475
Reproduction note	Joyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 23984; 23985).
Genre/form	Almanacs Massachusetts 1792.

Bickerstaff's genuine Massachusetts, New-Hampshire, Vermont Rhode-Island, and Connecticutt [sic] almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1792 ... : Calculated for the meridian and latitude of Boston; will serve without any essential variation, for all the New-England states.

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