The Clergyman's minor almanack, or, An astronomical diary and serious monitor, for the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1818. ..
Subtitle: Calculated for the metropolis of Massachusetts, lat. 42° 23' North; but will serve for all the New-England states
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 40492
Publisher: --Printed at the Weekly Magazine Office, by Parmenter & Norton, nos. 4 and 11 Rogers' Buildings--for the author, and for sale by them and by Lincoln & Edmands, no. 53 Cornhill. (Price $4 50 per groce, 42 cents per dozen, and 6 cents single.)
Published: 1817
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Notes: At head of title: No. X.

This is the shorter version of The Clergyman's almanack for 1818 (Shaw & Shoemaker 40491), which was advertised in the Independent chronicle & Boston patriot (daily edition) for Oct. 7, 1817. Advertisements for The Clergyman's almanac for most other years specify a larger and a smaller size at $9.00 and $4.50 a gross respectively. The latter price appears at the foot of the present title page. The Clergyman's minor almanack was never advertised separately. It was initiated in 1811 as an alternative to the larger version, as indicated by the editor in his preface for that and the following year.

One of two variant printings. In the present issue the "Editor's address" on p. [3-4] is in small type, and is followed on p. [4] by "Aphorisms." In the advertisement on p. [24], the name "Parmenter & Norton" is written with an ampersand. The calculations on the calendar pages are identical with those in The Clergyman's almanack for 1818.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

Printer's advertisement, p. [24].

Shaw & Shoemaker 40492

Drake, M. Almanacs, 3806

Drake, M. Almanacs, 3806

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