The Middlesex almanack, or Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ, 1787; ... Calculated according to art, and fitted to the state of Connecticut; but may without any sensible error, serve all the adjacent states. ...

People / Organizations

• Woodward & ("printed by and for", or "by/for and sold by")
• Nehemiah Strong (Author)

Imprint

Middletown [Conn.]: Printed and sold by Woodward & Green, [1786]

Publication year

1786-1786

ESTC No.

W25565

Grub Street ID

335555

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, 141. The last two issues, for 1791 and 1792, are attributed to Strong by Evans.

Except for the title page, the almanac is identical throughout in contents and typography with Stafford's almanack for 1787, by Hosea Stafford (New Haven : T. &. S. Green). The astronomical content of the "Stafford" series is identifiable as the work of Strong, and the title pages of his almanacs published at New Haven for 1806 and 1807 name him as author.

Advertised in the Middlesex gazette, Middletown, Oct. 9, 1786.

The Anatomy is the only illustration.

Uncontrolled note

Signatures: [A]? B? C? D?. - COLLATION FROM DRAKE. S-M CLAIM THAT ""BOTH"" THE EXTANT COPIES LACK C1