The New-England almanack, or, Lady's and gentleman's diary, for the year of our Lord Christ 1796 ...
By: By Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq; philom. ...
Contributors: Thornton, Elisha, 1748-1816.; West, Benjamin, 1730-1813.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 29868.
Publisher: by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold, wholesale and retail, at their book and stationary store, opposite the market. (Great allowance made to those who purchase quantities.)
Published: 1795
Place of publication: Printed at Providence (R.I.)
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Number of pages: 24
Notes: "Isaac Bickerstaff" is a common pseudonym in almanacs.

Erroneously attributed by Evans to Benjamin West. 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 almanack 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.

Identical in content and typography except for the author statement, with The New England almanack or Lady's and gentleman's diary for 1796 ... The astronomical calculations by Elisha Thornton (Providence : Carter and Wilkinson).

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

Evans 29868

Alden, J.E. Rhode Island, 1401

Drake, M. Almanacs, 12948

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. 29868).