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THE NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR: OR, THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR

THE NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR: OR, THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1786...BY COPERNICUS PARTRIDGE, A.M. - 1785

by [West, Benjamin]

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Providence: Bennett Wheeler, 1785. 12mo, 24pp, string-tied, Very Good. With the contemporary ownership signature, "Sarah Deane." Contemporary manuscript notations. The author introduces himself, as if for the first time, with a section entitled "The Author to the Reader." He says, "I am a Stranger to that Part of the Public where my Labours are now to appear." Evans attributes authorship to West; previous almanacs in this series, and the one following, were signed by West. Also included are Court schedules, and the following Maxim: "Treason does never prosper; what's the reason?/ Why, when it prospers, none dare call it Treason." Roads and distances are set forth. This is Alden's State B, ending with a three-line request from the Printer. Evans 19377. Drake 12884. Alden 1002, Issue B. ESTC W22738.
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  • Title THE NORTH-AMERICAN CALENDAR: OR, THE RHODE-ISLAND ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1786...BY COPERNICUS PARTRIDGE, A.M.
  • Author [West, Benjamin]
  • Publisher Bennett Wheeler, Providence
  • Date 1785
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 34434

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