Carey's Franklin almanac, for the year 1811. Being the third after leap year. Calculated by Joshua Sharp.

ID 20781
Title Carey's Franklin almanac, for the year 1811. Being the third after leap year. Calculated by Joshua Sharp.
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Signed Author Calculated by Joshua Sharp.
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Volumes 1
Pagination 48
Date of Publication 1810
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Imprint Printed for Mathew Carey.
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Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format Duodecimo (12mo)
Length (cm) 18
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Notes AAS Notes:
The real calculator of this almanac, as of those in the series for previous years, was Abraham Shoemaker. Gatherings [A]-B, containing the calendar pages and eclipse predictions, are based upon Bailey's Rittenhouse almanac for 1811, by Shoemaker (Philadelphia : Lydia R. Bailey). They include all of his astronomical notes, but most of the calculations have been corrected from the meridian of Philadelphia to that of Savannah. Savannah is named in the high-water column and in the eclipse predictions, as well as on the title page.
Another issue (Shaw 50986, Drake 10888) has Shoemaker's name on the title page and his calculations for Philadelphia, directly from the setting of type used in Bailey's Rittenhouse almanac. Comparison of these almanacs with those of Joshua Sharp published elsewhere in Philadelphia and in New Jersey for 1811 shows a distinctly different set of notes and calculations.
The present issue of Carey's almanac was clearly intended for sale in Georgia, and the substitution of Sharp's name for Shoemaker's appears to be an intended deception. Almanacs calculated by Sharp were published in Georgia for 1809-1811, and Carey evidently proposed to compete with them by appropriating the familiar calculator's name.
Ascribed by Nipps to the press of Lydia R. Bailey.
Signatures: [A]² B-D⁶ F⁴.
Title vignette (portrait). The Anatomy is the only other illustration.
Pages [34-41] contain a register of the state of Georgia.
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Shaw, R.R. American bibliography,
Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States,
Nipps, K. Lydia Bailey,
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Shoemaker, Abraham, Sharp, Joshua. Carey's Franklin almanac, for the year 1811. Being the third after leap year. Calculated by Joshua Sharp.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 20781, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/20781. Accessed 2024-11-21.

Shoemaker, Abraham, and Joshua Sharp. Carey's Franklin almanac, for the year 1811. Being the third after leap year. Calculated by Joshua Sharp. Philadelphia: Mathew Carey [121 Chesnut Street], 1810. 

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