@article{635053, note = {Attributed to Benjamin West in Nichols, C.L. "Notes on the almanacs of Massachusetts." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 22 (1912): 34-35; and in the Dictionary of American biography. However, the eclipse notes, calculations, and notes on the calendar pages do not resemble those in West's North-American calendar for 1783 (Providence), whereas they contain frequent correspondences or similarities with Nathan Daboll's The New-England almanack and gentleman's and lady's diary for the same year, published at New London under the pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter, such as to suggest a common authorship.}, author = {Daboll, Nathan, and West, Benjamin,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/635053}, title = {Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our redemption, 1783 ... Fitted for the meridian of Boston, N.E. lat. 42' 25⁰ N. [electronic resource] :}, publisher = {Printed and sold by E. Russell, near Liberty-Stump,}, recid = {635053}, pages = {[24]p. :}, address = {Boston :}, year = {1782}, }