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Nathaniel AmesAN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, AN ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 1742.
Boston: Printed by John Draper, 1742 [i.e. 1741]. [16]pp. Stitched. Minor soiling and foxing. Slight loss in lower margin of first two leaves, not affecting text. Very good. Item #WRCAM41170
An early almanac by one of the most prolific almanac makers in colonial America. Ames' run of almanacs predated Benjamin Franklin's POOR RICHARD'S by eight years. Ames had a long and notable career, producing popular and highly-regarded almanacs for more than fifty years. EVANS 4667. DRAKE 3067. NAIP w031456.
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