[The Wilmington almanack, or ephemeries, for the year of our Lord, 1768 ...
By: By Thomas Fox, philom.]
Contributors: Tobler, John, 1696-1765
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 10617
Publisher: Printed and sold by James Adams
Published: 1767
Place of publication: [Wilmington, Del
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 40
Notes: The only known copy, held by the American Antiquarian Society, lacks title page and p. [2-8]. Probable title and imprint surmised from earlier editions (cf. Evans 10299)

The calendar pages of the Wilmington almanack (1762-1794), except for the verse and prose matter, are identical line for line with the concurrent issues of the Pennsylvania town and country-man's almanack (1764-1777) calculated by John Tobler. "Thomas Fox" is a pseudonym. Author's preface to the 1762 issue states that he had "for some years, observed those almanacks published in America," and had "formerly, in Europe," learned the use of Thomas Street's tables. Tobler was a Swiss immigrant. Though the Tobler almanacs issued after his death in 1765 have been attributed to his son John, the publisher's preface to the South-Carolina and Georgia almanack for 1764 (Savannah) states that Tobler's calculations had then been completed for publication up to 1800. The later almanacs contain no indication that Tobler junior is the author

Advertised in the Pennsylvania gazette, Philadelphia, Oct. 15, 1767

The Anatomy (Reilly 1823) is the only illustration

Bookseller's advertisement, p. [40]

Evans 10617

Rink, E.  Delaware, 38

Drake, M.  Almanacs, 1344

Digital image available in the Readex/Newsbank Digital Evans series

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 10617)