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A Pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1796 : Being leap year, and twentieth of American independence, which began July 4th, 1776. Calculated chiefly for the use of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston, the metropolis, being in latitude 42 deg. 23 min. north. Longitude 71 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. : To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. By Thomas & John Fleet.

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. Licensed according to the law of Congress, [1795]
Description20 unnumbered pages, 148 pages ; 14 cm (12mo)
Subject(s)
Series Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28680
Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28680. ^A478749
General noteAdvertised in the Columbian centinel, Boston, Nov. 7, 1795, as "Fleet's register." Page 1, preceding the register, contains the copyright notice dated Oct. 23, and includes Nathaniel Low's An astronomical diary or almanack for 1796, also published by Fleet. The notice was printed in the Centinel for Oct. 28. The issue for 1797 is entitled Fleets pocket almanack.
General noteThe Pocket almanack was calculated by Nathanael Low. The eclipse page is practically identical with that in his An astronomical diary or almanack for 1796, the calculations on the calendar pages are similarly identical with slight variations, and the weather predictions generally correspond.
References Evans 28680
References Drake, M. Almanacs, 3552
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 28680).
Genre/formAlmanacs Massachusetts 1796.
Other titleMassachusetts register for 1796.

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Joyner NC Microfiche MICROFICHE AM35E NO. 28680 ✔ Available