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Poulson's town and country almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1802.

Other author/creatorShoemaker, Abraham.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Printed and sold by John Bioren, no. 88 Chesnut Street, [1801]
Description48 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm
Supplemental Content Shaw-Shoemaker Digital Edition
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. Second series no. 1176. ^A575643
General notePrevious issues were published by Zachariah Poulson.
General noteCalculated by Abraham Shoemaker. The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages, as well as the preceding eclipse predictions, are identical throughout with those in Carey's Franklin almanack for 1801 (Philadelphia), which names Shoemaker as its calculator. Earlier and subsequent issues of Poulson's state that Shoemaker is the author of their astronomical portions.
General noteThe Anatomy, as a title vignette, is the only illustration.
General note"A list of the births and deaths in the several religious societies in the city of Philadelphia, from August 1, 1800, to August 1, 1801."--p. [2].
General noteThe calendar pages include a daily record of weather and temperature for 1800.
References Shaw & Shoemaker 1176
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 10597
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., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 1176).
Genre/formAlmanacs Pennsylvania 1802.

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