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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1898 : being the second after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 122d of American Independence: arranged after the system of the German calendars ... carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvan

Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1898 : being the second after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 122d of American Independence: arranged after the system of the German calendars ... carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvan
Type: Text
Year: 1898, 1898, 1898, 1898
Member of: Almanacs
Publisher: John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street
Description: This publication was intended to be both useful and entertaining. It dealt with science, weather predictions, agriculture, and horticulture, providing information and advice on agricultural and horticultural methods, as well as much practical advice for domestic problems-- recipes, household hints, health care and cures for ailments. Articles kept the reader abreast of the latest inventions and… more
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An astronomical diary, or, Almanack, for the year of Christian Æra, 1779 : being the third year after American independence and the Third after Leap Year

An astronomical diary, or, Almanack, for the year of Christian Æra, 1779 : being the third year after American independence and the Third after Leap Year
Type: Text
Year: 1779, 1779, 1779, 1779
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Low, Nathanael, 1740-1808.
Publisher: Printed by J. Gill, in Court-Street, and T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill.
Description: The title vignette (Reilly 1785), a woodcut of the Man of Signs or Anatomical Man, is identical line for line with that on p. [2] of Thomas Robie's An almanack of the celestial motions, aspects, and eclipses for 1716 (Boston: T. Fleet and T. Crump). The Robie cut itself appears to have been copied from the one which appeared in John Tully's An almanack for 1693 (Boston: Benjamin Harris… more
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The Democrat's almanac, and political register, for 1839

The Democrat's almanac, and political register, for 1839
Type: Text
Year: 1839, 1839
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Office of the Evening Post, Young, David, 1781-1852
Publisher: Office of the Evening Post
Description: Containing the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States; with a list of the chief executive and judicial officers, United States senators and members of Congress, governors of the states and territories, and the times of holding elections, and the place and time of meeting of the state legislatures, together with the votes polled for president and governors in the… more
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Uncle Sam's Almanac for the Year 1882

Uncle Sam's Almanac for the Year 1882
Type: Text
Year: 1882, 1882
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Morwitz & Co., publisher
Publisher: Morwitz & Co., publisher
Description: Cover title. Front cover illustrated with Uncle Sam holding "This is my almanac. Uncle Sam" sign, seated on a chair that is turned around and in the background are Independence Hall and the capitol building; signed by "C.H." With seasonal illustrations and maxims for each month; woodcut of anatomical man, showing which parts of the body are affected by the signs of the zodiac… more
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Bickerstaff's almanack, for the year of Our Lord 1783, and from the creation of the world 5731 : being the third after bissextile or leap-year.

Bickerstaff's almanack, for the year of Our Lord 1783, and from the creation of the world 5731 : being the third after bissextile or leap-year.
Type: Text
Year: 1783, 1783
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Bullard, Samuel, 1742-1816, attributed name. , Coverly, Nathaniel, 1744?-1816, bookseller
Publisher:  Nathaniel Coverly
Description: Includes verse. Cover title. "Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs. This edition lacks illustrations. Signatures: [A]⁴ B² C⁴ D². List of roads and distances to towns, on page [23]. "Memorable events of the War": page [24]. Title within ornamental border; text printed within ruled border. more
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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1886 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 110th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylva

Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1886 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 110th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylva
Type: Text
Year: 1886, 1886, 1886, 1886
Member of: Almanacs
Publisher: John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street
Description: This publication was intended to be both useful and entertaining. It dealt with science, weather predictions, agriculture, and horticulture, providing information and advice on agricultural and horticultural methods, as well as much practical advice for domestic problems-- recipes, household hints, health care and cures for ailments. Articles kept the reader abreast of the latest inventions and… more
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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1904 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 128th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylva

Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1904 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 128th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylva
Type: Text
Year: 1904, 1904, 1904, 1904
Member of: Almanacs
Publisher: John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street
Description: This publication was intended to be both useful and entertaining. It dealt with science, weather predictions, agriculture, and horticulture, providing information and advice on agricultural and horticultural methods, as well as much practical advice for domestic problems-- recipes, household hints, health care and cures for ailments. Articles kept the reader abreast of the latest inventions and… more
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An astronomical diary : or, Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1764. Being Bissextile or Leap-Year. Calculated for the Meridian of Boston, New-England, Lat. 42 Deg. 25 Min. North.

An astronomical diary : or, Almanack for the Year of Our Lord Christ, 1764. Being Bissextile or Leap-Year. Calculated for the Meridian of Boston, New-England, Lat. 42 Deg. 25 Min. North.
Type: Text
Year: 1764, 1764, 1764, 1764
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Ames, Nathaniel 1708-1764, Ames, Nathaniel 1741-1822
Description: Containing eclipses, ephemeris, 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, time of high-water, roads with the best stages or houses to put up at.-- A page for gentlemen. On tobacco. On snuff. On good punch. A page for the husbandmen. more
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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1881 : being the first after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 105th of American independence. Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvan

Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1881 : being the first after leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 105th of American independence. Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylvan
Type: Text
Year: 1881, 1881
Member of: Almanacs
Publisher: Lancaster, Pa.
Description: This publication was intended to be both useful and entertaining. It dealt with science, weather predictions, agriculture, and horticulture, providing information and advice on agricultural and horticultural methods, as well as much practical advice for domestic problems-- recipes, household hints, health care and cures for ailments. Articles kept the reader abreast of the latest inventions and… more
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Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1887 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 111th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylva

Agricultural almanac, for the year of our Lord 1887 : being a bissextile or leap year, and until the 4th of July, the 111th of American independence ; Arranged after the system of the German calendars ... Carefully calculated for the meridian of Pennsylva
Type: Text
Year: 1887, 1887, 1887, 1887
Member of: Almanacs
Publisher: John Baer’s Sons, No. 15 North Queen street
Description: This publication was intended to be both useful and entertaining. It dealt with science, weather predictions, agriculture, and horticulture, providing information and advice on agricultural and horticultural methods, as well as much practical advice for domestic problems-- recipes, household hints, health care and cures for ailments. Articles kept the reader abreast of the latest inventions and… more
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Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our Lord 1769; being the first year after leap year.

Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, for the year of our Lord 1769; being the first year after leap year.
Type: Text
Year: 1769, 1769, 1769, 1769
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Dickinson, John, 1732-1808., West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.
Publisher: Mein and Fleeming, printer.
Description: Cover title.The author, whose preface is signed "Isaac Bickerstaff," was 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, and the Dictionary of American biography. The columns on the calendar pages, eclipse predictions, and other astronomical material duplicate those in West… more
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The Tribune almanac and political register for 1866

The Tribune almanac and political register for 1866
Type: Text
Year: 1866, 1866
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Childs, Benjamin F., 1814-1863, engraver, Wright, Samuel Hart, 1825-
Publisher: Tribune Association, publisher
Description: Cover title. Page 5: "The astronomical calculations have been made in mean time, expressly for this almanac, by Samuel Hart Wright, M.D., A.M., of Dundee, Yates County, New York." "Price, 20 cents." Includes: Acts of Congress (at the second session of the thirty-eighth Congress, December 5, 1864-March 4, 1865) and proclamations, pages 29-37 ; Slaveholders' rebellion brief… more
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The Whig almanac and United States register for 1855

The Whig almanac and United States register for 1855
Type: Text
Year: 1855, 1855
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Childs, Benjamin F., 1814-1863, engraver
Publisher: Greeley & McElrath
Description: Cover title. Below head of title: single copies, 12 1/2 cts...$1 per dozen...$7 per hundred. "Slavery legislation," pages 25-41, includes the speeches of William H. Seward and Josiah Quincy, and the texts of the fugitive slave law of 1850 and the Kansas-Nebraska bill of 1854, with a classification of the vote. In engraved and printed blue wrapper, signed at foot of title: Childs sc.… more
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The New-England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1776 : being the bissextile, or leap-year, and the sixteenth of the reign of his majesty King George and Third, till the 25th of October 1776.: New-England almanack

The New-England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1776 : being the bissextile, or leap-year, and the sixteenth of the reign of his majesty King George and Third, till the 25th of October 1776.: New-England almanack
Type: Text
Year: 1776, 1776, 1776, 1776
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: West, Benjamin
Publisher: Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, by John Carter, at Shakespear's Head, in Meeting Street, near the Court-House.
Description: Containing the eclipses of the luminaries ; the planets, aspects, and judgment of the weather ; sun, moon and seven stars rising and setting ; times of high water at Providence ; Spring tides ; days for holding courts in the New England governments ; list of public officers ; description of the roads, with many other things, useful and entertaining. Calculated for the meridian of Providence, in… more
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The Whig almanac and United States register for 1852

The Whig almanac and United States register for 1852
Type: Text
Year: 1852, 1852
Member of: Almanacs
Contributors: Childs, Benjamin F., 1814-1863, engraver, Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852.
Publisher: Greeley & McElrath
Description: Cover title. "The astronomical calculations have been prepared exclusively for the Whig Almanac by Samuel H. Wright, Dundee, Yates Co., New York."--Page 1. Includes "Why I am a Whig: reply to an inquiring friend", pages 19-26, by Horace Greeley. "Population of the of the United States, from the census of 1850 and of 1840 " includes sex, color, free colored and slave… more
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