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An astronomical diary : or, Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1771. Being the third year after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Calculated for the Meridian of Boston, New-England, Lat. 42 Deg. 25 Min. North.: Almanac for the year of our Lord Christ 1771.
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- Date Issued:
- 1771
- Summary:
- Containing eclipses, aspects, spring tides, judgment of the weather, feasts and fasts of the church, courts in Massachusetts-Bay, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode-Island, sun and moon's rising and setting, moon's place, time of high-water, public roads with the best taverns, a discourse on what is not done, and on what may be done, a table on the variation of the compass, new recipe for the bite of a rattle snake, etc.
Title: | An astronomical diary : or, Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1771. Being the third year after Bissextile or Leap-Year. Calculated for the Meridian of Boston, New-England, Lat. 42 Deg. 25 Min. North.: Almanac for the year of our Lord Christ 1771. |
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Name(s): | Ames, Nathaniel 1741-1822 | |
Type of Resource: | text | |
Genre: | Almanac | |
Date Created: | 1771 | |
Date Issued: | 1771 | |
Publisher: | Printed and sold by William McAlpine, in Marlborough-Street | |
Place of Publication: | Boston, Ma. | |
Physical Form: | online resource | |
Extent: | 26 unnumbered pages; 17 cm | |
Language(s): | English | |
Summary: | Containing eclipses, aspects, spring tides, judgment of the weather, feasts and fasts of the church, courts in Massachusetts-Bay, New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Rhode-Island, sun and moon's rising and setting, moon's place, time of high-water, public roads with the best taverns, a discourse on what is not done, and on what may be done, a table on the variation of the compass, new recipe for the bite of a rattle snake, etc. | |
Identifier: | fauwa1771000000 (IID) | |
Note: | By Nathaniel Ames. [Sixteen lines of verse]. Printed and sold by William McAlpine, in Marlborough-Street, [1770]. Contains an epitaph written by Benjamin Franklin, for himself with death date left unfinished. Catalogers note: "A sure and certain cure for the bite of a rattle snake ... by Abel Fuller of Stoughton."--Page [24-25]. This is an error for Abel Puffer, 1737-1813. Cf. Nutt, Charles. Descendants of George Puffer, Worcester, 1915, p. 66-68. Associated name: M'Alpine, William -1788 | |
Physical Location: | Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B1F28 | |
Subject(s): |
Almanacs -- Massachusetts -- 1771 United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston |
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Persistent Link to This Record: | http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwa1771000000 | |
Use and Reproduction: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ | |
Host Institution: | FAU |