Poor Job, 1753. An almanack for the year of our Lord 1753 [electronic resource] : ... Fitted to the meridian of Rhode-Island; but will serve (without any sensible error) in all the adjacent places, even from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By Job Shepherd, philom. [Two lines of verse]
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Newport [R.I.] :
Printed and sold by James Franklin, at the printing-office under the town-school-house,
[1752]
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| Item Description: | The prefaces to this series show that the pseudonym is that of the calculator, who is identified as the printer James Franklin by H.M. Chapin (American collector 2 (1926): 325-329; "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society n.s. volume 25 (1915): 22). But Franklin is not known to have been educated in mathematics and astronomy. Advertised in the Boston evening post, Dec. 11, 1752. The Anatomy is the only illustration. Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 24 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 8⁰ |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- Rhode Island -- Newport. |
| Reproduction Note: | Electronic reproduction. |
| Citation/References Note: | Evans, Drake, M. Almanacs, Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, |