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Fleets' pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1791 : Being the third after leap year, and fifteenth of American independence. Calculated chiefly for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, the metropolis, being in latitude 42 deg. 25 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. : To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. &c.

Other author/creatorLow, Nathanael, 1740-1808.
Format Book and Microform
Publication InfoBoston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill, [1790]
Description24 unnumbered pages, 132 pages ; 14 cm (12mo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22503
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22503. ^A478749
General noteEntered by Evans under the publishers, Thomas and John Fleet, who are named as editors in the 1789, 1791, and 1794-96 issues.
General noteThe almanac was calculated by Nathanael Low. The notes and calculations on the eclipse page are identical, save for the omission of a few sentences, with those in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1791, also published by Fleet. The calculations on the calendar pages are likewise identical, except that those for the phases of the moon are abbreviated.
General noteAdvertised in the Boston gazette, Nov. 8, 1790.
General note"Fleets Massachusetts register, for 1791."--132 p.
General noteBooksellers' advertisement, p. 132.
References Evans 22503
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 3456
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 22503).
Genre/formAlmanacs Massachusetts 1791.
Genre/formBooksellers' advertisements Massachusetts Boston.
Other titleMassachusetts register. 1791.
Other titleFleets Massachusetts register for 1791.

Available Items

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 22503 ✔ Available