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Bickerstaff's New-England almanack, or, Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1781 ... [microform] / By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; philom

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Providence : Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, by John Carter, at the post-office, at Shakespear's Head, near the State-House. (Great allowance made to those who purchase quantities.), [1780]
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32 unnumbered pages ; 19 cm
Additional Creators
West, Benjamin, 1730-1813
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Advertised in the Providence gazette, Nov. 1, 1780.
Identical in content and typography, except for the altered title page, with the New-England almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for 1781, by Benjamin West, issued simultaneously by Carter. As of this year, Carter broke off with West, and he thenceforth continued the New England almanack, which West had been calculating, over the pseudonym of Isaac Bickerstaff. The series continued until 1814 under this title, and thereafter as The Rhode Island almanack by Isaac Bickerstaff. Cf. Chapin, H.M. "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs," Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 25 (1915): 24-26.
Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
Two states noted by Alden. In what appears to be the second state, the calendar for Jan. 1, 1781 reads "I 23" under F. Sea." In the earlier state of this issue, the same column reads "I 9".
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Microopaque. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1955-1983. 23 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 19446).
Reviewed/Cited In
Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 810
Drake, M. Almanacs, 12856
Evans, C. American bibliography, 19446
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