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Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, by John Carter, at Shakespear's Head, in Meeting Street, near the Court-House.
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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 New-England, lat. 41 deg. 51 min. north, and 71 deg. 16 min. west, from the Royal Observatory at Greenwich ; but may, without sensible error, serve all the adjacent colonies
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Printed and sold by Draper and Folsom, and John Mycall, of Newbury
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Includes: [Four lines of verse]. Roads to the principal Towns from Boston : eclipses, calendar, a drinking song, ceremony of a Russian marriage. Illustration, Woodcut: View of the British Fortress at Stoneypoint, stormed and carried by a party of the Light Corps of the American Army, under the Commander of Gen. WAYNE, on the Morning of the 16th of July last
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Printed and sold by Solomon Southwick, at his Office, near the foot of the Parade
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Includes: Roads to the principal towns from Providence, eclipses, ephemeris, courts of New England, and anecdotes.
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Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, by John Carter, at the Post-Office, at Shakespear's Head, near the State-House.
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From the creation of the world, by the account of holy Scriptures, 5745 years; but according to the best profane history, 5732... Containing, besides the usual astronomical calculations, and whatever else is useful or necessary in an almanack, a variety of matter, instructive and entertaining.
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Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, by John Carter, at the Post-Office, at Shakespear's Head, near the State-House.
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From the creation of the world, by the account of holy Scriptures, 5744 years; but according to the best profane history, 5731... Containing, besides the usual astronomical calculations, and whatever else is useful or necessary in an almanack, a variety of matter, instructive and entertaining.
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Printed and sold by E. Russell, near Liberty-pole; and by Adams and Nourse, near Dr. Gardiner's, in Malborough-Street.
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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.
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Printed and sold by John Draper, in Cornhill; Richard Draper in Newbury-Street
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Containing eclipses, aspects, courts, feasts and fasts of the Church, Spring-tides, lunations, judgment of the weather, sun and moon's rising and setting, also, the roads and best stages. A table of the weight and value of coins. Table of gold and silver. A page for the ladies. On tea. On nursing children
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Printed by T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill, J. Gill and N. Willis in Court Street.
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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."
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Printed and sold by W. M'Alpine and J. Fleeming in Marlborough-Street.
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Containing ephemeris, aspects, spring-tides, judgments 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, publick roads with the best stages or houses to put up at, eclipses, Quakers meetings, and account of the supreme executive courts that are held in England
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Printed by T. and J. Fleet, in Cornhill, J. Gill and N. Willis in Court Street.
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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."
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