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The farmer's almanack, calculated on a new and improved plan, for the year of our Lord, 1800 : ... Fitted to the town of Boston, but will serve for any of the adjoining states. ... / By Robert B. Thomas. ; [Four lines of verse].

Author/creator Thomas, Robert Bailey, 1766-1846
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoBoston : Printed by Manning & Loring, for John West, proprietor of the copy-right, and for sale at his book-store, no. 75, Cornhill, and by the other booksellers in Boston. Sold also by the booksellers in Salem, Newburyport, &c. by the author at Sterling, and at various other places. (Price 7 1/2 dollars per gross, 75 cents per dozen, and 10 cents single.), [1799]
Description48 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 19 cm (12mo)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36414
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36414. ^A478749
General noteAt head of title: No. VIII.
General noteAdvertised in the Massachusetts Mercury, October 18, 1799.
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint.
General noteSignatures: [A]⁴ B² C-H⁴⁻².
General noteTitle vignette.
General noteIn some copies, gathering F and part of gathering E have been reset, with "How to be safe in thunderstorms" moved from p. [32] to [36], and "Probate Courts" moved from p. [36] to [32].
General noteTwo states of gathering H noted. In one, John West's advertisement on p. [48] begins with the word "Books." In the other, the advertisement begins: John West keeps constantly for sale ...
General noteBookseller's advertisement, p. [48].
References Evans 36414
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 3612
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 36414).
Genre/formAlmanacs Massachusetts 1800.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston.

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 36414 ✔ Available