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Benjamin West

American astronomer, professor, and almanac publisher (1730-1813)

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Works from the collections

17 works

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    Bickerstaff's genuine almanack, for the year of our Lord 1798 .. . Calculated for the meridian of Boston, in America. Latitude 42 degrees, 25 m. north. [Six lines of verse].

    | Date: 1797
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    Bickerstaff's improved: being an almanack for the year of our Lord 1790. .. . Calculated for the meridian of Norwich, but will serve without any essential variation for the adjacent states. ..

    | Date: 1789
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    Bickerstaff's Boston almanack, or Federal calendar, for 1789 ..

    | Date: 1788
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    The New-England town and country almanack, containing an ephemeris, with the true places of the planets; ... for the year ... 1769, etc / [Benjamin West].

    | Benjamin West | Date: [1769]
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    The New-England almanack, or, lady's and gentleman's diary... for 1793 / [Benjamin West].

    | Benjamin West | Date: [1792]
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Frequent collaborators

Trumbull, John, 1752?-1802

Related topics

Almanacs, English - Massachusetts - Early works to 1800

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