George, Daniel:

$850 · Offered by William Reese Company

AN ALMANACK, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR CHRIST 1779. BEING THE THIRD AFTER BISSEXTILE OR LEAP YEAR, AND THE TH[I]RD OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE. A Revolutionary-era Massachusetts almanac compiled by Daniel George, a former student of astronomy at Haverhill who issued New England almanacs in various Massachusetts towns between 1776 and 1787. The present almanac is one of two editions published for the year 1779, the other with identical content published in Newburyport by John Mycall. In addition to the calendar for the year, the almanac includes "a variety of matter, useful and entertaining" such as "the grand pilgrimage to Mecca," a fable on "the danger of exorbitant taxes," and receipts for the jaundice and the dropsy.

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