The Christian almanack, For the year of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 1824 : being Bissextile, or Leap Year, and the Forty-eighth of the Independence of the United States

By

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870 , ill.
Gilbert, Reuben S., , egr.
Olbers, W. 1758-1840
American Tract Society.
Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union.

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

Philadelphia, Published by the American Tract Society, and the Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union. For Sale at 29 North Fourth Street,[1823],

Notes

Re-printed by John Andrews, Pittsburgh

At head of title: No. IV.-Vol. I.

Signature: A² B-D E (-E6)

Caption title on p. [17]: Farmer's Calendar.

Title vignette signed "Gilbert" (Reuben S. Gilbert).

Seasonal cuts on the calendar pages signed "G": these are re-engraved after Anderson's sequence (cf. Johnson & Warner's almanac, for the year ... 1814, et al.)

Includes: Eclipses for 1824; agricultural notes; Influence of the moon / by Dr. Olbers; table of bible societies, benevolent societies, missionary societies, sabbath school societies, common school societies, institutions for Africans and institutions for the deaf and dumb; a list of religious periodicals published in the U.S.; moral dialogues and anecdotes; abstract of the will of Hon. Elias Boudinot; a list of the courts in Philadelphia.

Drake, M. Almanacs | 11396

Shoemaker | 12130

Subjects

1740-1821 , 19th century , Agriculture , Almanacs , Almanacs, American , Boudinot, Elias, , Charities , Conduct of life , Courts , Eclipses , Influence on Man , Influence on weather , Moon , New York (State) , Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Religious newspapers and periodicals , Seasons in art , Societies, etc , Themes, motives , United States , Utica , Wills , Wood-engraving

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.42233
OCLC: 77639903