Almanacs -- Massachusetts -- 1783

Second edition. Includes: Roads to the principal Towns on the Continent, from Boston ; with the names of those who keep the best houses of entertainment. Also Bookseller's advertisement and woodcut illustrations throughout. The present installment concludes: "End of Book I. To be continued," but no more appeared in the succeeding almanacs published by Russell. "The anatomy of man's body as governed by the 12 constellations", page [2]. "Roads to the principal Towns on the Continent, from Boston ; with the names of those who keep the best houses of entertainment": pages [22]-[24]. Eleven lines list of booksellers and shopkeepers in Boston, Newburyport, Salem, Danvers and in Portsmouth, N.H., at foot of page [24]. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Title and text printed within ruled border.

Containing the lunations, eclipses, courts, aspects, feasts and fasts of the Church, spring tides, judgment of the weather, sun's rising and setting, time of high water at Boston, moon's place, moon's rising and setting, vulgar notes ... calculated for the meridian of Boston in America; latitude 42 degrees 25 minutes north. Continuation of title after vulgar notes: "Also, a poem to the unmarried ladies ; an instance of true magnanimity ; a surprizing discovery of an inhumane murder ; a safe and easy cure for the sick ; maxims on prudence ; select aphorisms ; rules for preserving health in eating and drinking ; the girdle, a poem ; verses written under the picture of Cupid aiming an arrow ; a new method of setting wheat ; the portion of a just lawyer ; an anecdote against mispending time ; a paradox ; sentiments of the celebrated Mr. Penn with regard to marriage ; Friends' yearly meetings in New England ; an excellent proof of wisdom ; On futurity, a poem ; Fighting at sea, a poem ; courage, a poem ; together with many other things both useful and entertaining."