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An astronomical diary: or, almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1763. ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New England, lat. 42 deg. 25 min. north. ..
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An astronomical diary: or, almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1763. [electronic resource] : ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston, New England, lat. 42 deg. 25 min. north. ... / By Nathaniel Ames. ; [Eight lines of verse]
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Boston [i.e., New London, Conn.]: : Printed & sold by J. Draper, in Cornhill, R. Draper, in Newbury-Street: Green & Russell, and Edes & Gill in Queen-Street; and T. & J. Fleet at the Heart and Crown in Cornhill [i.e., Printed by Timothy Green]. Sold also by the booksellers. Price half a dollar per dozen., [1762]
Physical Description
[24] p. ; 17 cm. (8vo)
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A pirated issue, typographically distinct from the real Draper issue, and apparently printed at New London by Timothy Green. Cf. Bates, A.C. "Check list of Connecticut almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. 24 (1914): 117-118.
Not in Evans or Bristol.
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. 50153).
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Books / Online
Language
English
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July 05, 2007
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
References
Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States, 229
Trumbull, J.H. List of books printed in Connecticut, 1709-1800, 1832
Johnson, H.A. New London, 749
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Almanacs - Connecticut - 1763.
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