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Poor Job, 1751. An almanack for the year of our Lord 1751 : ... Fitted to the meridian of Rhode-Island; but will serve (without any sensible error) in all the adjacent places, even from Newfoundland to South- Carolina. / By Job Shepherd, philom. ; [Four lines of verse].

Other author/creatorShepherd, Job.
Other author/creatorFranklin, James, 1732?-1762.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoNewport [R.I.] : Printed and sold by James Franklin, at the printing-office under the town-school-house, [1750]
Description24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 17 cm (8vo)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6606
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6606. ^A478749
General noteThe preface shows that the pseudonym is that of the calculator, who is identified as the printer James Franklin by H.M. Chapin (American collector 2 (1926): 325-329; "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society n.s. v. 25 (1915): 22). But Franklin is not known to have been educated in mathematics and astronomy.
General noteAdvertised in the Boston evening post, Oct. 29, 1750.
General noteSignatures: [A-C]⁴.
General noteThe Anatomy is the only illustration.
References Evans 6606
References Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 94
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 12800
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 6606).
Genre/formAlmanacs Rhode Island 1751.

Available Items

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 6606 ✔ Available