An astronomical diary or almanack, for the year of Christian aera, 1797. ... Calculated for the meridian of Portsmouth, lat. 43 deg. 5 min. north. But will serve for any of the adjacent states. By Abraham Weatherwise. [Nine lines of verse]

People / Organizations

• Daniel Sewall (Author)

Imprint

[Dover, N.H.]: Printed [by Samuel Bragg Jr.] at Dover, and for sale by the gross dozen or single, at the Sun Office, [1796]

Added name

Noyes, James, 1778-1799. Noyes, James, 1778-1799. Bragg, Samuel, d. 1811, printer.

Publication year

1796

ESTC No.

W41199

Grub Street ID

351114

Description

[24]p. ; 17 cm

Note

This almanac was also published in two other printings, with the same title and imprint, and with the author given as "Isaac Bickerstaff" on one and as James Noyes on the other. In "Weatherwise" the contents of p. [17-18] differ from those found in the other printings.

The calculations and astronomical notes on the calendar pages, as well as the preceding eclipse predictions, are identical throughout with those in the 1797 almanac of the same title by Daniel Sewall (Portsmouth: Charles Peirce), some of Sewall's notes being omitted. Editions of some of Sewall's other almanacs were published under the Weatherwise and Bickerstaff pseudonyms. The Dover issues appear to be pirated, and James Noyes' contribution is not apparent.

Samuel Bragg Jr. published The Sun from 1795-1811.

Advertised in The Sun, Dover, Nov. 16, 1796.

Uncontrolled note

Not in Evans - Not in Drake, M. Almanacs - Signatures: [A]? B?