Fleets' pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1791 : Being the third after leap year, and fifteenth of American independence. Calculated chiefly for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, the metropolis, being in latitude 42 deg. 25 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. &c.
| Other author | Low, Nathanael, 1740-1808, author. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Boston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill, [1790] |
| Description | 24 unnumbered pages, 132 pages ; 12⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | Entered by Evans under the publishers, Thomas and John Fleet, who are named as editors in the 1789, 1791, and 1794-96 issues. |
| General note | The almanac was calculated by Nathanael Low. The notes and calculations on the eclipse page are identical, save for the omission of a few sentences, with those in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1791, also published by Fleet. The calculations on the calendar pages are likewise identical, except that those for the phases of the moon are abbreviated. |
| General note | Advertised in the Boston gazette, Nov. 8, 1790. |
| General note | "Fleets Massachusetts register, for 1791."--132 p. |
| General note | Booksellers' advertisement, p. 132. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | Evans, 22503 |
| References | Drake, M. Almanacs, 3456 |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCW29786. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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