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245 04 a| The Lancaster almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1776 :b| ... Fitted to the lattitude of forty degrees, and a meridian of near five hours west from London; but may without sensible error, serve all the northern colonies. /c| By Anthony Sharp, philom.;

260 a| Lancaster [Pa.] :b| Printed and sold by Francis Bailey, at the printing office in King's Street, near the market,c| [1775];

300 a| 32 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf :b| illustrations, map ;c| 17 cm (8vo);

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

500 a| Evans' attribution of this almanac to David Rittenhouse seems verified by comparison with Father Abraham's almanac and the Universal almanack for 1776, published at Philadelphia, both of which name him as their calculator.;

500 a| The three almanacs are identical in their calculations excepting those for the sun in some months, giving three different sets of times for its rising and setting in March alone. The astronomical notes on the calendar pages differ partly and sometimes widely, but seem clearly overall to be by the same author.;

500 a| Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1775.;

510 4 a| Evansc| 14431;

510 4 a| Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania,c| 3285;

510 4 a| Drake, M. Almanacs,c| 10021;

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

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700 1 a| Rittenhouse, David,d| 1732-1796.=| ^A46693;

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830 0 a| Early American imprints.n| First series ;v| no. 14431.=| ^A478749;

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The Lancaster almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1776 : ... Fitted to the lattitude 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, [1775]
Description	32 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf : illustrations, map ; 17 cm (8vo)
Supplemental Content	Evans Digital Edition

Series	Early American imprints. First series ; no. 14431. ^A478749
General note	"Anthony Sharp" is a pseudonym found only in the almanacs published by Bailey.
General note	Evans' attribution of this almanac to David Rittenhouse seems verified by comparison with Father Abraham's almanac and the Universal almanack for 1776, published at Philadelphia, both of which name him as their calculator.
General note	The three almanacs are identical in their calculations excepting those for the sun in some months, giving three different sets of times for its rising and setting in March alone. The astronomical notes on the calendar pages differ partly and sometimes widely, but seem clearly overall to be by the same author.
General note	Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1775.
References	Evans 14431
References	Hildeburn, C.R. Pennsylvania, 3285
References	Drake, M. Almanacs, 10021
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. 14431).
Genre/form	Almanacs Pennsylvania 1776.

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