Almanacs, American -- Connecticut

containing lunations ; eclipses of the luminaries ; aspects ; judgment of the weather ; rising, setting and southing of the seven stars ; Sun and Moon's rising and setting ; festivals and other remarkable days ; courts ; roads, &c. &c. Also a variety of useful and entertaining matter : Fitted to the meridian of New-London, lat. 41 deg. 25 min. north.
Includes verse.
Cover title.
For attribution of the Freebetter series to Daboll, see: Bates, A.C. "Checklist of Connecticut almanacs, 1709-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society n.s. 24 (1914): 125-129. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴. "Articles of Confederation...", signed "By order of Congress, Henry Laurens, president": pages [16]-[20]. "Distances at the principal Towns in New England from New-London, with the most noted houses of entertainment on the road": page [23]. Diagram of a lunar eclipse, pages [24], is the only illustration. Title within border of double rules; text printed within ruled border. Advertised in the Connecticut gazette, New London, Oct. 18, 1782.

containing lunations ; eclipses of the luminaries ; judgment of the weather ; courts ; rising, southing, and setting of the 7 stars ; Sun & Moon's rising and setting ; Moon's place ; times of high water ; public roads ; table of interest at 6 per cent ; Freemen's meetings in the State of Connecticut ; poetry, &c. &c. &c. Cover title.
For attribution of the Freebetter series to Daboll, see: Bates, A.C. "Checklist of Connecticut almanacs, 1709-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society n.s. 24 (1914): 125-129. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴. "A sketch of General Washington's life and character."--Page [17]-[21], dated Maryland, May 3d 1779. The biographical sketch of George Washington originally printed in a pamphlet in London and given to American prisoners of war. Attributed to John Bell of Maryland by Evans, who calls it the first attempt of a life of Washington. Cf. Evans 16677. "Distances at the principal Towns in New England from New-London, with the most noted houses of entertainment on the road": pages [23]-[24].
Title vignette, relief cut of an eclipse, is the only illustration. Title within border of double rules; text printed within ruled border. Advertised in the Connecticut gazette, New London, Oct. 19, 1781.

Includes verse. Cover title. Attributed to Nehemiah Strong by Evans and in Bates, A.C. "Check list of Connecticut almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society 24 (1914): 102, 129. "An account of the number of inhabitants in the several counties of the colony of Connecticut, taken on the 1st of January, 1774" by race and sex, page [19]. "Names of the officers of the Connecticut troops who served in the Continental Army campaign of 1775", pages [21]-[23]. Advertised in the Connecticut courant, Hartford, Nov. 13, 1775. Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.

Shipley, Jonathan, 1714-1788. Celebrated speech of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Shipley...Advertised in the Connecticut gazette, New London, October 14, 1774. With a portrait of Jonathan Shipley (Reilly 1565) on the title page. "The celebrated speech of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Shipley ... intended to have been spoken on the bill for altering the Charter of the province of the Massachusetts-Bay ..."--p. [3]-[6], [20]-27.

Wherein are contained lunations, eclipses of the luminaries, time of the sitting of courts in Connecticut and Massachusetts, and all other things necessary for a composition of this kind. Adapted to the horizon and meridian of Hartford, lat. 41 deg. 56 min. North: long. 72 deg. 54 min. to the westward of the Royal Observatory at Greenwich (according to the latest observations) but may serve indifferently for all the towns in Connecticut. Includes verse. Cover title. Attributed to Strong in: Bates, A.C. "Checklist of Connecticut almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 24 (1914): 131. Signatures: [A]⁴ B⁴. Title printed within engraved ornamental border. Printer's advertisement for the purchase of rags, page [16]. Advertised in the Connecticut courant, Hartford, Nov. 17, 1778.