Bickerstaff's genuine almanack, for the year of our Lord 1798 ... : Calculated for the meridian of Boston, in America. Latitude 42 degrees, 25 m. north. : [Six lines of verse].

Other author West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.
Other author Chandler, Seth.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoPrinted at Boston : At Russell's office, near Liberty Pole. Sold wholesale and retail, [1797]
Description24 unnumbered pages ; 18 cm (12mo)
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition

SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 33199. ^A478749
General noteEvans attributes the present almanac to Benjamin West, as he does most of those issued under the Bickerstaff pseudonym. However, the almanac is identical in contents and typography with An astronomical diary or Almanack for 1798 by Seth Chandler (Boston : J. Bumstead), except for the title page and the substitution of other material for Chandler's preface.
General noteWeatherwise's genuine almanack for 1798, also issued at Boston by Russell, and Weatherwise's almanack for 1798, published at Boston by Bumstead and several other booksellers, are other anonymous reprints of Chandler identical with the present one.
General noteThe publisher is presumably Benjamin Russell, who uses the phrase "Printed at Russell's office" in the imprint of his 1797 edition of "Copy of a letter written by our blessed saviour Jesus Christ."
References Evans 33199
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 3579
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. 33199).
Genre/formAlmanacs Massachusetts 1798.

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