| Item Description: | Advertised in the Boston evening post, Dec. 23, 1771. - Drake, M. Almanacs, 3212. - English Short Title Catalog, W29782. - Errors in paging: p. 12, 18, 23, 33 and 89-96 misnumbered 21, 81, 32, 32 and 90-97. - Evans, 12043. - Reproduction of original from British Library. - The eclipse predictions and the calculations on the calendar pages are identical with those in Bickerstaff's Boston almanack for 1772 (Boston: John Fleeming). Bickerstaff's was apparently calculated by Benjamin West. Cf. Nichols, C.L. "Notes on the almanacs of Massachusetts." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 22 (1912): 34-35. - Vertical chain lines |
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