The New-England almanack, or, Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1783 ..
By: By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; philom
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 17795
Publisher: Printed and sold, wholesale and retail, by John Carter, at Shakespear's Head, near the State-House. (Great allowance made to those who purchase quantities.)
Published: 1782
Place of publication: Providence
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Notes: "Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs.

Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. The actual calculator appears to be Nathan Daboll. The extensive eclipse predictions are almost identical with those in The New-England almanack and gentleman's and lady's diary for 1783 (New London), calculated by Daboll under the pseudonym of Edmund Freebetter. The astronomical and horological notes on the calendar pages are similar and the calculations for the moon identical. Most of the other calculations vary to a degree reflecting the difference in meridian between New London and Providence.

West and Carter, the publisher, severed relations with the 1781 issue. West's almanac was published thereafter at Providence by Bennett Wheeler as the North American Calendar, while Carter continued the New England almanac over the Bickerstaff pseudonym, with which West is often identified. Cf. Chapin, H.M. "Check list of Rhode Island almanacs, 1643-1850." Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society, n.s. v. 25 (1915): 24-26.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

Signatures: [A]⁸ B⁴.

Evans 17795

Alden, J.E., Rhode Island, 900

Drake, M. Almanacs, 12868