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The Connecticut almanack, for the year of our Lord 1779, and from the creation of the world, 5728 : being the third after bissextile, or leap year.

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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.
Title: The Connecticut almanack, for the year of our Lord 1779, and from the creation of the world, 5728 : being the third after bissextile, or leap year.
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Name(s): Strong, Nehemiah, 1729-1807
Watson, Hannah, 1749-1807. Goodwin, George, 1757-1844, printer.
Type of Resource: text
Genre: Almanac
Date Created: 1779
Publisher: Watson and Goodwin, near the Great-Bridge
Place of Publication: Hartford, CT
Physical Form: online resource
Extent: 16 unnumbered pages ; 17 cm.
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: 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.
Identifier: fauwab3f9 (IID)
Physical Location: Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Almanacs B3F9
Collection: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library Collections
Subject(s): Almanacs, American -- Connecticut
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/fauwab3f9
Host Institution: FAU

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