An almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1788: ... Adapted to the horizon and meridian of New-Haven, lat. 41 deg. 19 min. north.--Long. 73 deg. 14 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, and the adjoining states. By Hosea Stafford, philo. ...

People / Organizations

• Nehemiah Strong (Author)

Imprint

New-Haven: Printed and sold by Thomas and Samuel Green, [1787]

Publication year

1787-1787

ESTC No.

W22444

Grub Street ID

332271

Description

[24]p. : ill. ; 12⁰

Note

Attributed to Strong in: Bates, A.C. "Checklist of Connecticut almanacs." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society n.s. v. 24 (1914): 102, 129.

The title pages of Strong's almanacs for 1806 and 1807 published at New Haven identify Strong as the author of those formerly issued under the pseudonym of Hosea Stafford.

Comparison with the almanac published simultaneously at Hartford under Strong's own name, An astronomical diary, kalender, or almanack, for 1788, shows that both are by the same hand. The predictions of eclipses and other celestial phenomena on the second page of each almanac are close versions of each other, and the aspects and other astronomical notes on the calendar pages are practically identical. The calculations vary slightly, in part, reflecting the difference in meridian between Hartford and New Haven for which the two almanacs were respectively calculated.

Advertised in the Connecticut journal, New Haven, Oct. 31, 1787.

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