The Loyal American's almanack for the year 1715
Subtitle: ... Calculated for the meridian of Boston in N.E. whose latitude is 42 deg. 24 min. north
By: By a new comer into America
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 39624
Publisher: Printed in the year of peace, 1715. Sold by the booksellers in Boston, N.E.
Published: 1715
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 16
Notes: At head of title: MDCCXV.

"An addition to the Loyal American's almanack, for the year 1715."-- 2, [2] p. at end. This contains a long and scurrilous attack on Increase Gatchell's Young American ephemeris for ... 1715, which is itself prefaced by a shorter but similar critique of the Loyal American's almanack and its author. Both writers state that the Loyal American was the first of the two almanacs to appear.

The present version of the Loyal American is therefore either a second edition or the original issue with an additional gathering (gathering B) attached. Drake lists a copy of 8 leaves, evidently lacking the addition and so perhaps a copy of the original issue. Gatchell says of the Loyal American, "And for him in his petty verses in November, to compare himself with a gentleman whose shoes he is not worthy to wipe ..." The only verse approaching this description on the November calendar page of the present copy reads: Compare us all together and see who hits the weather. This suggests the possibility that the page has been revised, with this verse substituted for a more personal version; the present copy may therefore be one of a new edition having some difference in the original text as well as appended matter.

Signatures: [A]⁸ B².

Bristol B482

Shipton & Mooney 39624

Drake, M. Almanacs, 2967