Poor Richard improved: being an almanack and ephemeris ... for the year of our Lord 1751 : ... 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 Richard Saunders, philom.

Other author Saunders, Richard.
Other author Grew, Theophilus, -1759.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed and sold by B. Franklin, and D. Hall, [1750]
Description36 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 16 cm (12mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 6502. ^A478749
General note"Richard Saunders" is a pseudonym.
General noteProbably calculated by Theophilus Grew. An advertisement for his school of mathematics appears on p. [32].
General noteAdvertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Nov. 29, 1750.
General noteTwo states noted by Miller. "In copies of this almanac meant for sale in the Northern Colonies Franklin directed Hall to insert on p. 34 [i.e., 36] the 'Superior Courts for New-England' in place of the usual roads north and south. The text of the stop-press insertion is with minor alterations the standing type of the version of the New-England Courts inserted in some copies of the Poor Richards for 1748 and 1749."--Miller. Bristol entry B11235 records the state with 'Superior Courts for New-England' on p. [36].
References Evans 6502
References Bristol B11235
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 9727
References Miller, C.W. Franklin, 502
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic 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. 6502).
Genre/formAlmanacs Pennsylvania 1751.

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available