Model
Paged Content
Publisher
Green, Timothy, 1737-1796 printer
Description
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.
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.
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