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Poulson's town and country almanac, for the year of our Lord, 1801

by: Shoemaker, Abraham. aut

Publication date: 1800

Topics: Almanacs, English

Publisher: --Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Zachariah Poulson, Junior, no. 106, Chesnut Street, between Third and Fourth-Streets, nearly opposite to the Bank of North America

Collection: university_pittsburgh; americana

Contributor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

Language: English

"The astronomical calculations of this almanac by Abraham Shoemaker, of New-York."--p. [2]

The Anatomy, as a title vignette, is the only illustration

"A comparative statement of the number of deaths which occurred each day in the city of Philadelphia, from the first of August to the last day of October, in the years 1793, 1797, 1798 and 1799, during the prevalence of the contagious pestilential fever."--p. [28]

"A list of the births and deaths in the several religious societies in the city of Philadelphia, from May 1, 1799 to May 1, 1800."--p. [28]

The calendar pages include a daily record of weather and temperature for 1799

Signatures: [1] 2² 3 4² 5 6² 7 8²

Evans

Drake, M. Almanacs

Electronic reproduction

English Short Title Catalog

Reproduction of original from British Library

Notes

No TOC and no official page numbers on pages, only two pages had actual page numbers printed on them and that is page number 23 and 24. Also, due to the age and very poor quality of paper and primitive binding of this material, the print goes into the gutter and pages are skewed.