The North-American calendar [electronic resource] : or, The Rhode-Island almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ 1786 ... calculated for the meridian of Providence, lat. 41⁰ 51' n. and long. 71⁰ 16' w. But will serve for any of the adjacent states. By Copernicus Partridge, A.M. [Eight lines of verse quotation].

The North-American calendar [electronic resource] : or, The Rhode-Island almanack, for the year of our Lord Christ 1786 ... calculated for the meridian of Providence, lat. 41⁰ 51' n. and long. 71⁰ 16' w. But will serve for any of the adjacent states. By Copernicus Partridge, A.M. [Eight lines of verse quotation].

Providence : Printed by Bennett Wheeler, and sold at his office, opposite the Market, [1785]

United States -- Rhode Island -- Providence.

English

[24]p. ; 12⁰.

Attributed to Benjamin West by Evans. The author introduces himself, p. [17-18], as though for the first time: "I am a stranger to that part of the public where my labours are now to appear." The previous almanacs in this series, and that for the following year, are signed by West.
The eclipse predictions are nearly identical with those in Bickerstaff's genuine Boston almanack for 1786 (Boston : E. Russell, 1785); the author signs himself "Isaac Bickerstaff Esq." in a note dated at Providence, the locale of Benjamin West. No further similarities exist.
Alden notes two states. In one (state A), p. [24] ends with three humorous poems. In another state (state B), p. [24] ends with a request from the printer.
Advertised in the United States chronicle, Providence, Sept. 29, 1785.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

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Evans, 19377
Drake, M. Almanacs, 12884
Drake, M. Almanacs, 12885
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1002
English Short Title Catalog, W22738.

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