Ames, Nathaniel.    An Astronomical Diary; Or Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord Christ, 1753.   [1752.]  Printed by J. Draper for the Booksellers.   Boston.   16 pp.   Chip at the head of the first leaf costing about a half-dozen words.  Previously bound or tied, presumably with other almanacs.  Age-toned; a few ink spots; a good, dark impression.

At the foot of the second page is a diagram and explanation of the transit of Mercury across the sun: "On Sunday, May 6, the Sun will rise with Mercury making a black Spot in his Body..."  The final page-and-a-half are devoted to the correction of the calendar that occurred in 1752: "striking off the Eleven Days between the 2d and 14th of September, A.D. 1752...to produce an Uniformity in the Computation of Time throughout the christian Part of the World..."   Evans: 6807.  Drake: 3092.  O'Neal: 67.      [Item no. 2590.]   $300.00.
 

Ames, Nathaniel.    An Astronomical Diary, Or, An Almanack For...1759.   [1758.]  Printed and Sold by Draper, Green & Russell, & Fleet.   Boston.     24 pp.   Front and back covers heavily soiled.  Chip to title page affects a total of approximately 10 words.  Contemporary doodling on first two leaves, including the numerals 1 - 8 added to the solar system woodcut. 

The title page features a woodcut of the solar system, with a key to the six planets portrayed.  The path of a comet is also shown, with the notation: "N.B. At the writing this, it was not determined whether Comet would appear or not, as expected."  A three-page explanation of the solar system follows the calendar pages.  Evans: 8072.  Drake: 3113.  O'Neal: 78.  Hamilton: 1314.   [Item no. 2014]   $300.00.
 

Ames, Nathaniel. An Astronomical Diary, Or, An Almanack For...1760...IId Edition... [Pirated edition]   [1759.]  Printed and Sold by the Booksellers.   Boston.   24 pp.   Soiling and typical age toning.  Stitched.  Some chipping and edge wear, particularly to title, but with no loss of text. 

In his "Courteous Reader" introduction, Ames notes that this is his 35th almanac.  And that by expanding the almanac by "half a sheet," he has been able to make several useful additions to the almanac.  Title page woodcut of the four seasons surrounding the signs of the Zodiac.  The final three pages of the almanac are devoted to a heroic poem "On the Reduction of QUEBEC, Sept. 18. 1759. by General Wolfe and brave Troops under his Command, &c."  According to O'Neal, this is the first year in which Ames includes the Ohio River in the table of roads and distances.  A note on the title page warns of unauthorized almanacs bearing Dr. Ames' name "that differ in a scandalous manner, and can by no means be depended on..."  This was rather bold since this is, indeed, the pirated edition of the almanac.  Evans: 8295.  Drake: 3119.   O'Neal: 82.  Hamilton: 37.   [Item no. 2575.]   $450.00.
 

Ames, Nathaniel.    An Astronomical Diary; Or Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord Christ, 1764.   [1763.]  Printed and Sold by R. & S. Draper...Edes & Gill...Green & Russell...T. & J. Fleet...   Boston.   24 pp.   A fair example, with considerable staining.  Loss to upper corners of two calendar leaves costs a few words on four pages.  Tear of about 3" in another calendar page with no loss.  Old string ties; apparently separated from other almanacs sewn together. 

In his introductory essay, Ames defends astrology as having a "philosophical foundation."  He also makes brief mention of the glassicord, "a Musical Instrument of Glass invented by Mr. Franklin."  Instead of the usual verses at the top of each calendar page, Ames has provided "some hints concerning the Sanatorian Doctrine of Perspiration, a Discharge from our Bodies, tho' insensibly made, that is greater than all the sensible Evacuations put together, since Health in all Persons every Moment depends upon a right Discharge of this Matter..."  (Santorio Santorio was an Italian physician, 1561-1636.)  Curiously, Guerra mentions "A Page for Gentleman," which deals with the medicinal properties of tobacco and snuff, but makes no mention of the "Sanatorian Doctrine of Perspiration."   This was the last almanac compiled by Ames, Senior.  Evans: 9321.  Drake: 3139.  O'Neal: 91.  Guerra, b-162.      [Item no. 2589.]   $300.00.
 

Ames, Nathaniel.    An Astronomical Diary; Or Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord Christ, 1765.   [1764.]  Printed and Sold by R. & S. Draper...Edes & Gill...Green & Russell...T. & J. Fleet...   Boston.   24 pp.   Considerable staining; soiling to final page.  Old string ties.  Paper imperfection costs several letters on final page.  Nice ink ownership inscription along fore edge of title: "Benjamin Crandals Almanack." 

This was the first almanac produced by Ames, the younger, on the passing of his father.  In his note to the Reader, Ames writes of his being "forced as it were, to make my unexpected, premature Appearance in Public..."  Included in the almanac are "An Elegy on the Death of the late Dr. Ames" and two pages devoted to "Some Practical Rules for Husbandry."  Evans: 9570.  Drake: 3142.  O'Neal: 92.      [Item no. 2641.]   $225.00.
 

[West, Benjamin.] Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1768...   [1767.]   Printed By Mein And Fleming.   Boston.   16mo.   40 of 44 pp.   Title page soiled and with several tears of 1/2 to 1" from the binding margin.  Other pages age-toned and with minor staining.  Lacks final two leaves.

The title page woodcut is of "the giants lately discovered in South America."   In addition, a full-page woodcut illustrates  "A Sachem of the Abenakee Nation, rescuing an English Officer from the Indians."   This almanac -- the first of West's Bickerstaff's almanacs -- is particularly rich in content, containing a 4-page gazetteer of the world and a 5-page  "Chronological Table of the Discoveries of the Arts and Sciences, interspersed with remarkable Events, since the Deluge. "   Evans: 10801.   Drake: 3163.   Hamilton: Vol. 1, pp. 14-15.   [Item no. 2005]   $450.
 

Stearns, Samuel.    Edes & Gill's North-American Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1769...   [1768.]  Printed and Sold by Edes & Gill.   Boston.   [16], 21, [3]  pp.   String-tied.  Edges worn and chipped.  Contemporary plain wrappers.  Old ink notations on wrappers, only some of which remain legible.  Lacks frontis plate. 

In the author's note addressed to "Americans," he indicates that this is his first attempt at an almanac and he wishes to remain anonymous owing to "a prudent diffidence."  [Evans attributes the authorship to Stearns, and a note in Nathaniel Ames' diary in February, 1768 mentions Stearns' desire "to know how to make almanacks."]  A two-and-a-half page essay, purportedly discovered by accident in an old pamphlet, provides a thinly-veiled allegory of the "barbarous oppression" to which the colonists felt subjected.  The calendar pages are followed by the 21-page Charter of the Province of Massachusetts-Bay, perhaps reflecting the interest of the citizens of Massachusetts in their form of government.  Evans: 11078.  Drake: 3176.  O'Neal: 706.   [Item no. 2739.]   $450.00.
 

Ames, Nathaniel.    An Astronomical Diary; Or Almanack For The Year Of Our Lord Christ, 1771.   [1770.]  Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers...   Boston.   22 (of 24) pp.   Poor.  Lacks final leaf.  Rodent damage to interior of each leaf, generally costing a few words, including one in the Franklin epitaph.  Average age-toning; dog-eared, occasional staining. 

This almanac contains the first printing of Benjamin Franklin's famous self-composed epitaph: "The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, Like the Covering of an old Book..."  Evans: 11548.  Drake: 3197.  O'Neal: 109.       [Item no. 2586.]   $275.00.
 

Low, Nathanael.    An Astronomical Diary; Or, Almanack For...1771.   [1770.]   Printed and Sold by Kneeland and Adams...   Boston.   24 pp.   Disbound from a larger stitched grouping of almanacs.  Stitched.  Age-toned.  A very good example. 

Low leads off the almanac with a fiery 2-1/2 page patriotic essay, written about seven months after the Boston Massacre.  Indeed, March 5th on the calendar pages is footnoted: "An horrid Massacre most inhumanly and barbarously commited by British Troops on the Inhabitants of Boston, 5th Day, 1770."  In the essay, Low exhorts: "We esteem Freedom as our native Right; like free-born Sons of Liberty therefore let us act..."   He cites the non-importation agreements and, on the subject of tea, states: "In a particular Manner let us abstain from the Use of foreign TEA.  There is no one Article imported so fatal to the Cause of Liberty as this..."  Toward the end of the almanac is a page-and-a-half devoted to "Some necessary Rules to be observed with Regard to Health, chiefly from Dr. Chyne."  Evans: 11704.  Drake: 3198.  O'Neal: 443.  Guerra: b-292.      [Item no. 2626.]   SOLD.
 

West, Benjamin.    The New England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for...1771.   [1770.]   Printed and Sold, Wholesale and Retail,  by John Carter...   Providence.   24 pp.   String-tied.  Trimmed very close, costing a letter (or number) on several lines on several pages.  Age toning and light staining. 

Three pages of this almanac are devoted to an essay that distinguishes between "the folly and absurdity of astrology" and the "advantages and satisfaction derived from astronomy."   Evans: 11934.  Drake: 12829.   O'Neal: 930.  Alden: 436.     [Item no. 2733.]   $250.00.
 

Anderson, John [pseudonym?].    Anderson Improved Almanack and Ephemeris for the Year of our Lord 1775...   [1774.]   Printed by Solomon Southwick.   Newport [RI].   28 of 32 pp.   Lacks cover leaf with woodcut, most of one other leaf and about one-quarter of final leaf of road information; missing text supplied in Readex facsimile.  String-tied.  Dog-eared; edges chipped. 

In the author's address to the public in these "troublesome times", he disclaims "the gift of prophecy."  Nevertheless, he offers advice on how to "remain the freest and happiest people under Heaven" -- including "stop all trade with Great Britain till the Parliament shall recognize your right to carry on trade upon an equal footing with the people of England, till they withdraw all their useless creatures and tools from this country, and till they leave the sole government of yourselves to yourselves."  Another page summarizes Britain's exports to various parts of the world,  "by which it appears that America takes off more of the British manufactures, &c. than all the other parts of the world."  At the head of each month's calendar page is a long verse on the history of astronomy.   Evans: 13115.  Drake: 12841.  O'Neal: 127.  Alden: 529.    [Item no. 2735.]   $250.00.
 

Low, Nathanael.    An Astronomical Diary; Or, Almanack For...1775.   [1774.]   Printed and Sold by John Kneeland, in Milk Street.   Boston.   24 pp.   String tied.  Age-toned; staining, sometimes heavy.  Title rubbed and with prominent spots of staining.  Ragged edges; top corner of title eroded costing half the "k" in "almanack." 

Low, like Ames, helped fan the flames of discontent that led to the American Revolution.  This almanac provides ample evidence of flame fanning.  The title page woodcut portrays the dramatic and prophetically timely "virtuous patriot at the hour of death."  In a four-page "Address to the Inhabitants of Boston," Low decries the Port Bill and "a British armament parading in your streets and harbour."  He continues: "My dear brethren, the destiny of America seems to be suspended on the present controversy; and it is on your fidelity, firmness and good conduct... that a happy issue of it in a great measure depends..."  This almanac would have been in Massachusetts homes when hostilities broke out in Lexington and Concord in April, 1775.   Evans: 13384.  Drake: 3241.  O'Neal: 448, illustrated.  Stowell: p. 145, illustrated.  Hamilton: 66.    [Item no. 2634.]   $500.00.
 

Low, Nathaniel. An Astronomical Diary; or Almanack...1777.    [1776.]  Printed by J. Gill and T. & J. Fleet.  Boston.  16 of 24 pp. 

The small woodcut map that appears as the frontis to this almanac is one of a few contemporary, American-published maps of the New York Campaign during the latter half of 1776.  Titled  A View of the Present Seat of War, at and near New-York, the fairly primitive map portrays Manhattan and adjacent areas.  Nine landmarks or fortifications are keyed on the map, including "General Washington's Lines on New York Island."   Map condition: A strong impression, with light soiling.  Rough edges with a half inch chip in lower left corner, just touching one of the letters of the index key.  Also, small ink stain and small puncture hole.  Evans: 14829.  Drake: 3264.   O'Neal: 450.  For the map: Wheat & Brun: 386.   Nebenzahl: 96.  Hamilton: 77.    [Item no. 2639]   SOLD.
 

West, Benjamin.    The New England Almanack, or Lady's and Gentleman's Diary, for...1778.   [1777.]   Printed and Sold by John Carter, at the Post-Office near the State-House.   Providence, RI.   24 pp.   Old string ties.  Age toning throughout with specking and staining.  A couple of pages with light impressions.  Dog-eared. 

Two pages of this Revolutionary War-era almanac are devoted to "A List of the Presidents of the Colony of Rhode-Island and Providence Plantations, under the First Charter; and the Governors, under the Second Charter..."  Evans: 15708.  Drake: 12850.   O'Neal: 936.  Alden: 674.     [Item no. 2644.]   $250.00.
 

West, Benjamin.    Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack, for the Year of our Redemption 1779...   [1778.]   Printed by E. Russell, next the Bell-Tavern.   Danvers [MA].   22 (of 24) pp.   Ex-library, with small library markings in the margins of two pages and perforated stamp at foot of second leaf.   Dog-eared.  Ink stains to lower tips of several leaves.  Occasional staining. 

The second almanac printed in Danvers, Massachusetts.  It features a title cut of three people observing stars and the moon in a night sky.  At the top of the calendar pages for January through July is an early American primer on the retail trade, "Rules proper to be observed in Trade."  Among the rules: "Endeavor to keep a proper assortment in your way, but not overstock yourself." and "Be not too talkative, but speak as much as is necessary to recommend your goods..."  At the top of the remaining calendar pages is an excerpt from a heroic poem, "America Invincible."  Evans: 16166.  Drake: 3281.  O'Neal: 888.  Hamilton: 84.    [Item no. 2643.]   $300.00.
 

Stafford, Hosea [pseudonym of Strong, Nehemiah].    Stafford's Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1783.   [1782.]  Printed and Sold by T. & S. Green.   New Haven.   24 pp.   Rather heavy age darkening and soiling, particularly to front and rear printed wrapper.  Two-inch tear into front wrapper.  The verses at the top of the calendar pages for July through December ("The Amiable Virgin") have been torn out, perhaps by an early household censor.  The missing (and not shocking) text is supplied in Readex facsimile.  Old ink marginalia on several pages.

The back wrapper presents an early American census, namely, "A Return of the Number of Inhabitants in the State of Connecticut, February 1, 1782; and also of Indians and Negroes."  The census is summarized by the six counties and is further broken down by males above 50, males between 16 and 50, males under 16 and females.  Other interesting content includes a recipe for "The Poor Man's Medicine," which is made by boiling quicksilver in water.  [Use both internally and externally.  Consult attorney as needed.]  Evans: 17732.   Drake.  Not in O'Neal.   [Item no. 2734.]   $275.00.
 

[Author Unknown.]    Bickerstaff's Boston Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1785.  [1784.]   Printed and Sold (Wholesale and Retail) by John W. Folsom...   Boston.   22 of 24 pp.   Lacks one leaf (the second) entirely and a neatly excised 1" horizontal strip from the third leaf.  Final leaf trimmed close costing a letter or two on about 20 lines of road information.  All missing text supplied in Readex facsimile.  Staining, soiling and chipping, especially to the front wrapper. 

A title-page woodcut depicts a "male chimpansee or the man of the wood."   A page-and-a-half account (of which one-half page is in facsimile) describes the human-like characteristics of this "most remarkable animal...lately discovered in Africa."  Although Evans ascribes this almanac to Benjamin West, the ESTC record speculates that the calculations for this almanac were drawn from three Connecticut almanacs for 1785 -- those by Daboll, Judd and Strong.  A relatively scarce almanac.  Evans: 18875.   Drake 3343.  Not in O'Neal.   Hamilton: 102, for the title cut.   [Item no. 2736.]  SOLD.
 

Partridge, Copernicus [pseudoynm for West, Benjamin].   The North-American Calendar: or, The Rhode-Island Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1786.   [1785.]   Printed by Bennett Wheeler...   Providence.   24 pp.   String tied.  Soiling, generally quite light; otherwise, very good. 

First of two editions.  Nice page-and-a-half "Author to Reader" letter originating from his "Academic Grove."  Evans 19377.  Drake 12884.  O'Neal 971.  Alden: 1002, Issue B.   [Item no. 2703.]   $250.00.
 

West, Benjamin.    The North-American Calendar: or, The Rhode-Island Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1787...   [1786.]   Printed by Bennett Wheeler...   Providence.   24 pp.   String tied.  Light soiling and staining.  Dog-eared. 

Three-and-a-half page account of the discovery of the planet Herschel (Uranus).  Cut of lunar eclipse on second page.  Evans: 20139.  Drake: 12890.  O'Neal: 972.  Alden: 1036, Issue D. (Alden identifies five slight variants of this almanac.)    [Item no. 2704.]   $250.00.
 

[West, Benjamin.]    The North-American Calendar: or, The Rhode-Island Almanack for the Year of our Lord Christ 1788...   [1787.]  Printed by Bennett Wheeler...   Providence.   24 pp.   String tied.  Light soiling and staining.  Dog-eared.  Edge chipping. 

One-page account of Rhode-Island College, now Brown University.  Includes a number of useful receipts: making Japan ink, preventing the smoaking of lamps and making "the King of France's Teeth Powder, famous for making the Teeth White and preserving them from the Scurvy."  Evans: 20881.  Drake: 12897.  O'Neal: 973.  Alden: 1066.   [Item no. 2705.]   $250.00.
 

Freeman, Edmund [publisher].    Weatherwise's Almanack for the Year 1789...   [1788.]   Printed and Sold by Edmund Freeman.   Boston.   22 of 24 pp.   String-tied.  Dog-eared, chipped and stained.  About half of final leaf is present; Readex copy of that leaf is provided.  Two leaves have semi-circular burn holes in the margins, not affecting text.  (These leaves, appropriately, tell part of the arson story.)

More than five pages of this almanac are devoted to "An authentic Account of James Hill, otherwise John Hind, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Acksan, commonly called John the Painter, who was executed for setting fire to the Rope-house belonging to His Majesty's Dock Yard at Portsmouth."  Acksan was an American sympathizer (or agent) who burned an important British naval facility in December, 1776.  The account mentions Acksan providing military intelligence to Silas Dean, then an American commissioner in Paris, and Dean making payments to Acksan.  The account may have appeared in an earlier newspaper or magazine, but there is no attribution.   ESTC locates four institutional holders.  Evans: 21579.  Drake: 3417.  O'Neal: 840.   [Item no. 2732.]   SOLD.
 

Stover, William Lilly [pseudonym].    The Columbian Almanack and Magazine of Knowledge and Fun for the Year of Our Lord Seventeen Hundred and Ninety-One.   [1790.]   Printed and Sold by P. Edes.   Newport [RI].   24 pp.    Browned.  Repair to upper right corner of first leaf, costing a few letters on page 2.  Chip in lower margin of final leaf not affecting text.  String-tied.  Dog-eared. 

This appears to be the only year this title was issued, although Drake has a skeletal entry for a Columbian Almanack printed in Newport in 1795.  According to the North American Imprints Project notes on this almanac, the calculations are identical to those of Elisha Thornton's Rhode Island Almanack for 1791, which was also printed by Peter Edes.   Evans: 22912.  Drake: 12912.  Not in O'Neal.   Alden: 1191.   [Item no. 2738.]   SOLD.
 

Carleton, Osgood.    Carleton's Almanack (Enlarged and Improved) For The Year Of Our Lord 1793...   [1792.]  Printed and sold by Samuel Hall, No. 53, Cornhill.   Boston.   40 pp.   Dog-eared, age-toned; overall, good.  Includes two calendar leaves in duplicate, thus 40 pages instead of the 36 called for.

Carleton, "a Teacher of Mathematicks in Boston," produced almanacs for the years 1790 - 1798.  In this year's edition, Carleton expanded the format to devote two calendar pages to each month, thus the "enlarged and improved" in the title.  A lunar eclipse is illustrated by a cut.  The tops of the calendar pages recount important events of American history.  There is also an excerpt from The Memoirs of Capt. John Smith.   Evans: 24177.  Drake: 3492.   O'Neal: 199.      [Item no. 2257.]   $225.00.
 

Astrologer, Richard [pseudonym].   The New England Callendar (sic): Or Almanack For the Year of our Lord, 1793.   [1792.]   Printed and sold by Nathaniel Coverly...   Boston.   24 pp.   String tied.  Soiling, especially to first and last page.  Chip to lower fore edge of final leaf costs some of the road information. 

This is one of several nearly identical almanacs published by Coverly for 1793; they vary by title and author.  The title cut is of a cherub apparently consulting a globe.  Three pages are devoted to various epigrams and epitaphs.  Apparent owner's inscription in margin of May calendar page: "Thos. Martin's of Brunswick in the County of Cumberland and State of."  Evans: 24743.  Drake: 3499.  O'Neal II: 150.   [Item no. 2622.]   $125.00.
 

[West, Benjamin.]    Wheeler's North-American Calendar, or an Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord 1794...   [1793.]   Printed...by Bennett Wheeler.   Providence.   24 pp.   Ex-library, with small library markings in the margins of three pages and perforated stamp at foot of second leaf.  Dog-eared.  String-tied.  Occasional staining.  Old ink marginalia on two calendar pages. 

Title cut of lunar eclipse.  Two-plus pages devoted to "Thirteen Allegories."  Also contains a recipe for "the famous thieves vinegar," which was reported to be an effective remedy against the plague in London in 1666.   Evans: 26467.  Drake: 12937.  Not in O'Neal.  Alden: 1304.   [Item no. 2645.]   $125.00.

Fleet, T. & J.    A Pocket Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1795...To which is annexed The Massachusetts Register...   [1794.]   Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet.   Boston.   [20], 140 [of 148] pp.   Lacking half of one interior leaf and final four leaves.  String tied; lacking plain wrapper.  Chips at lower page corners on first few leaves, not affecting text.  Dog-eared.  Lightly soiled. 

The first 20 pages of this volume is an almanac, likely prepared by Nathanael Low.  The remainder of the volume is devoted to The Massachusetts Register, a storehouse of information on Massachusetts during the Federal Period.  Among the tables and listings included are the Massachusetts county census taken in 1791, Light Houses on the Head Lands and Islands of the United States, Practitioners of Law in Massachusetts, Cutters employed in Aid of the Customs, Post Office Matters (2 pages), and Ministers, Churches and Religious Assemblies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  The title page bears a type-stamped "S. Longfelow" and a manuscript "Stephen Longfellow," quite likely indicating ownership by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's grandfather, Judge Stephen Longfellow (1750 - 1824).    Evans: 26977.  Drake: 3534.     [Item no. 2580.]   $450.00.
 

Bickerstaff, Isaac [pseudonym].    An Astronomical Diary: Or Almanack, For the Year of our Lord 1796...   [1795.]    Printed for B. Larkin, E. Larkin...   Boston.   18 [of 24] pp.   Lacks final three leaves (supplied in Readex facsimile). String tied.  Title heavily soiled.  Edges chipped.

Although Evans attributed this almanac to Benjamin West, the calendar page calculations correspond closely to those of Osgood Carleton's almanac for 1796.  A scarce, late 18th century almanac:  ESTC locates only a copy at the American Antiquarian Society; Drake adds two.   Evans: 29865.  Drake: 3542.  Not in O'Neal.   [Item no. 2631.]   $200.00.
 

Fleet, T. & J.    A Pocket Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1796...To which is annexed The Massachusetts Register...   [1795.]   Printed and sold by T. & J. Fleet.   Boston.   [20], 148 pp.   This was originally bound as quarter leather over marbled paper boards.  However, the spine is now gone, the front board is present but detached and about 5/6 of the rear board remains, also detached.  The marbled paper is heavily worn and the edges of the (real) boards are exposed.  There are two remnants of cello tape where the leather is adhered to the boards.  Despite this casing, the contents are complete and generally quite good, though held together by only the slimmest of remaining threads. 

The first 20 pages of this volume form an almanac, with calculations by Nathanael Low.  The remainder of the volume is devoted to The Massachusetts Register, a storehouse of information on Massachusetts during the Federal Period.  Among the tables and listings included are Federal, State and local officials, Practitioners of Law in Massachusetts (5 pages' worth), Physicians and Surgeons Practicing in Boston (there were 33), Post Office Matters (4 pages), and Ministers, Churches and Religious Assemblies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.  Paul Revere is listed as President of the Mechanic Association in Boston.  About twelve blank sheets, designed for diary or account entries, are interleaved within the calendar pages.  Most of these are blank and would be a good source of late 18th century laid paper.  Evans: 28680.  Drake: 3552.  Not in O'Neal.   [Item no. 2737.]   $200.00.
 

Thomas, Isaiah. Thomas's Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode-Island, Newhampshire & Vermont Almanack...for...1797.   [1796.]  Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, for Isaiah Thomas.   Worcester.   48 pp.   Sewn into charmingly crude paper wrapper.  Light waterstaining throughout.  Chips to title leaf cost a bit of decorative border and a couple of letters from the "Friendly Reader" address.  Edges worn on a few other leaves.  Small hole with loss to two words in the "President's Address." 

Ten pages of this almanac are devoted to a contemporary printing of George Washington's Farewell Address.  In his introductory remarks to the almanac, Thomas explains his desire to give the reader "something each year which should be worth more at the end of it than the price you gave for the Almanack."  In that regard, "...at the request of a number of readers I have inserted the Farewell Address of our truly beloved President to his fellow citizens; this valuable legacy to his country (printed variously) sells from 12 1/2 to 50 cents.  It is well worth preserving."  [The cost of the almanac was 10 cents.]   Washington never spoke the address, but it was dated September 17, 1796 and appeared in print shortly thereafter.   Evans: 31291.  Drake: 3575.   O'Neal: 769.    [Item no. 2782.]   $350.00.

Fleet, T. & J.    Fleets' Register and Pocket Almanack for the Year of our Lord 1799.  [1798.]  Printed and sold by J. & T. Fleet.   Boston.   [20], 147 pp.   Quarter sheep over original/early marbled paper-covered boards; well worn, with rounded corners, areas of marbled paper erosion, and ink doodle and old gummed label on front cover.  Ffep lacking.  Occasional staining.  Offsetting/show through to some leaves. 

The first 20 pages of this volume are devoted to an almanac, likely prepared by Nathanael Low.  The remainder of the volume consists of The Massachusetts Register, &c., a storehouse of information on the United States and Massachusetts during the Federal Period.  Everything from the Federal tax on slaves (50 cents each) to the names of the (10) coroners in Cumberland County.  This copy, with "S. P. Mayberry, Cape Elizabeth" inscribed along the gutter of the title page, has 14 diary leaves interleaved among the calendar pages.  It appears that Mayberry had a farm of some size since several of the interleaved pages contain notes and receipts of hired help (Solomon and Samuel Prentice, Thomas Cooper and Issac Soule); the going wage was $10-$12 per month.  Another page-and-a-half are devoted to a manuscript list of 21 varieties of peaches.   Evans: 33739.  Drake: 3598.     [Item no. 2772.]   $475.00.
 

Curtis, Samuel.    Curtis's Pocket Almanack, and Register of New-Hampshire for the Year 1807.   [1806.]   Printed by Joseph Cushing.   Amherst [NH].   108 pp.   Minor chipping to edges of front and rear blue/gray wrappers.  A bit of age darkening, but a wonderfully clean example.  Ink marginalia to most calendar pages, a few of which are trimmed close at the top.

A very nicely preserved example of a relatively early New Hampshire pocket almanac.  The register contains a wealth of information on New Hampshire in the early 1800s -- the 1800 census by town, militia officers, postmasters, attorneys, county criers, ministers, etc.  The description of Dartmouth College notes that the College Library has about 3,000 volumes.  Drake: 4813 (9 locations).   Shaw & Shoemaker: 10244.    [Item no. 2635.]   $100.00.
 

Tappan, Charles.    The New-Hampshire and Maine Farmers' Almanack for the Year of Our Lord 1811.   [1810.]   Published by Charles Tappan.   Sold at his Bookstore, No. 1, Market-street...   Portsmouth, NH.   24 pp.   String-tied.  Occasional staining, some of ink.  Chipping, especially prominent on first two leaves; a couple of letters are lost as a result. 

In addition to the expected agricultural hints (e.g., best mode of taking honey and management of pigs), this almanac provides two pages of detail on counterfeit bank bills and uncurrent bills (those which "only sell for a part of their nominal or original value").  The final page of the almanac is an advertisement for Tappan's bookstore in Portsmouth.   Shaw & Shoemaker: 20860.  Drake: 4836 (locating two complete and one complete examples).  Not in O'Neal.    [Item no. 2649.]   $150.00.