The Lancaster almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1775 : ... Fitted to the latitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London; but may without sensible error, serve all the northern colonies. / By Anthony Sharp, philom.
| Other author | Sharp, Anthony. |
| Other author | Rittenhouse, David, 1732-1796. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lancaster [Pa.] : Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, at the printing-office in King's Street, near the market, [1774] |
| Description | 40 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (8vo) |
| Supplemental Content | Evans Digital Edition |
| Series | Early American imprints. First series ; no. 13367. ^A478749 |
| General note | "Anthony Sharp" is a pseudonym found only in the almanacs published by Bailey. |
| General note | Calculated by David Rittenhouse. The calculations throughout duplicate those in Father Abraham's almanack for 1775 (Philadelphia), whose title page states that it is Rittenhouse's work. The astronomical notes on the Lancaster calendar pages also repeat those in Father Abraham, with some omissions and additions, chiefly for the length of the day. |
| General note | Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Sept. 21, 1774, the advertisement being dated Sept. 10. |
| General note | Signastures: [A]⁴ B-E⁴. |
| References | Evans 13367 |
| References | Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3038 |
| References | Drake, M. Almanacs, 10005 |
| 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. 13367). |
| Genre/form | Almanacs Pennsylvania 1775. |
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| Electronic Resources | ✔ Available |