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245 04 a| The Continental almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1781 ... /c| By Anthony Sharp, philom.;

260 a| Philadelphia :b| Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, in Market-Street, between Third and Fourth-Streets,c| [1780];

300 a| 36 unnumbered pages, 1 folded leaf of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 16 cm (8vo);

336 a| textb| txt2| rdacontent;

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500 a| "Anthony Sharp" is a pseudonym found only in almanacs published by Bailey.;

500 a| All the almanacs published in Pennsylvania for 1781 except the American almanac contain the same calculations and have most of the same astronomical notes on the calendar pages, and are clearly the work of the same author. In some the calculations for the sun are adjusted slightly for spring and autumn. The only one of these almanacs naming a real person as its author is Der Gantz neue verbesserte nord-americanische Calender (Lancaster), by David Rittenhouse. It differs from the others only in having fewer notes and columns of calculations, as is usual with German-American almanacs.;

500 a| The Continental almanac was advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 1780.;

500 a| The folded plate contains a view of Benedict Arnold being paraded in effigy in Philadelphia, Sept. 30, 1780. Cf. Sinclair Hamilton, Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1968, v. 2, p. 13.;

500 a| Title vignette.;

500 a| Publisher's advertisement, p. [2].;

510 4 a| Evansc| 16974;

510 4 a| Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,c| 4058;

510 4 a| Drake, M. Almanacs,c| 10106;

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

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The Continental almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1781 ... / By Anthony Sharp, philom.

Other author	Sharp, Anthony.
Other author	Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, in Market-Street, between Third and Fourth-Streets, [1780]
Description	36 unnumbered pages, 1 folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 16 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 16974. ^A478749
General note	"Anthony Sharp" is a pseudonym found only in almanacs published by Bailey.
General note	All the almanacs published in Pennsylvania for 1781 except the American almanac contain the same calculations and have most of the same astronomical notes on the calendar pages, and are clearly the work of the same author. In some the calculations for the sun are adjusted slightly for spring and autumn. The only one of these almanacs naming a real person as its author is Der Gantz neue verbesserte nord-americanische Calender (Lancaster), by David Rittenhouse. It differs from the others only in having fewer notes and columns of calculations, as is usual with German-American almanacs.
General note	The Continental almanac was advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Nov. 1, 1780.
General note	The folded plate contains a view of Benedict Arnold being paraded in effigy in Philadelphia, Sept. 30, 1780. Cf. Sinclair Hamilton, Early American book illustrators and wood engravers, 1968, v. 2, p. 13.
General note	Title vignette.
General note	Publisher's advertisement, p. [2].
References	Evans 16974
References	Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 4058
References	Drake, M. Almanacs, 10106
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. 16974).
Genre/form	Almanacs Pennsylvania 1781.

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