Fleets' pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1791. [electronic resource] : 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 7 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. &c.
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Fleets' pocket almanack for the year of our Lord 1791. [electronic resource] : 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 7 deg. 4 min. west from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich. To which is annexed, the Massachusetts register. &c.
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Boston : Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet, at the Bible and Heart in Cornhill, [1790]
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United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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English
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[24], 132 p. ; 12⁰.
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Entered by Evans under the publishers, Thomas and John Fleet, who are named as editors in the 1789, 1791, and 1794-96 issues.
The 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.
Advertised in the Boston gazette, Nov. 8, 1790.
"Fleets Massachusetts register, for 1791."--132 p.
Booksellers' advertisement, p. 132.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
The 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.
Advertised in the Boston gazette, Nov. 8, 1790.
"Fleets Massachusetts register, for 1791."--132 p.
Booksellers' advertisement, p. 132.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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Evans, 22503
Drake, M. Almanacs, 3456
English Short Title Catalog, W29786.
Drake, M. Almanacs, 3456
English Short Title Catalog, W29786.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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