Research Catalog

Title

Father Abraham's almanac for the year of our Lord 1805 : being the first after bissextile or leap year.

Publication

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Peter Stewart, no. 34, South Second-Street, [1804]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Sharp, Joshua.
• Stewart, Peter, -1826

Description

[36] pages : illustration; 18 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Almanacs, American > 1805
• Astronomy > Early works to 1900
• Astrology > Early works to 1900
• Fugitive slaves > West Indies
• Almanacs > Pennsylvania > 1805

Note

• Presumably printed in 1804 for publication in 1805.
• Calculated by Joshua Sharp. All the calculations on the calendar pages, as well as the eclipse predictions, are identical with those in Father Tammany's almanac for 1805 (Philadelphia), which bears Sharp's name on the title page. Father Abraham's omits the column of time equations and adds one for the moon's southing. The astronomical notes on the calendar pages are also identical, with a few additions and an occasional omission. Issues from 1806 name Sharp as their calculator.
• Title vignette is a version of the Great Seal of the Unied States. The Anatomy is the only other illustration.
• Signatures: [A]⁴ B² C⁴ D² E⁴ F².

Indexed In (note)

• Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States
• Shaw, R.R. American bibliography

Provenance (note)

• is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare 317-A (Almanacs)

OCLC

52199124

Title

Father Abraham's almanac for the year of our Lord 1805 : being the first after bissextile or leap year.

Publisher

Philadelphia : Printed and sold by Peter Stewart, no. 34, South Second-Street, [1804]

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States, 10668

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 50432

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare 317-A (accession no. B628536) is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in Sc Rare 317-A imperfect; lacking lower third of first leaf.

Copy in Sc Rare 317-A bound first in a volume of eight almanacs, with a typewritten sheet affixed to front pastedown of the volume listing the works in the volume.

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Added Author

Sharp, Joshua.

Stewart, Peter, -1826, printer, bookseller.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc Rare 317-A (Almanacs)