Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1744: and from the creation, by scripture, 5753. Being the bissextile or leap-year, wherein is contained, the lunations, ecclipses, judgement of the weather according to this climate, planets motions and mutual aspects, the sun's and moon's rising and setting, the seven stars rising, southing and setting, time of high-water, fairs, courts, meetings, and observable days; with other celestial phænomenas throughout the year, as by perusal will appear. Referred to the vertex of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the adjacent provinces, from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.

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Title Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1744: and from the creation, by scripture, 5753. Being the bissextile or leap-year, wherein is contained, the lunations, ecclipses, judgement of the weather according to this climate, planets motions and mutual aspects, the sun's and moon's rising and setting, the seven stars rising, southing and setting, time of high-water, fairs, courts, meetings, and observable days; with other celestial phænomenas throughout the year, as by perusal will appear. Referred to the vertex of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the adjacent provinces, from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.
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Signed Author By William Birkett.
Pseudonym
Firms
Self-published No
Volumes 1
Pagination 24
Date of Publication 1743
Edition Statement
Edition Number
Date of First Publication 1743
Imprint Printed and sold by I. Warner & C. Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible, in Front-Street, near High-Street
Colophon
Copyright Statement
Location of Printing Philadelphia US
Format Octavo (8vo)
Length (cm) 17
Width (cm)
Price (pound)
Price (shilling)
Price (pence)
Total Price (in pence)
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Notes AAS Notes: Drake entry 9650 and Bristol entry B1200 (for The American almanac) are based on an imperfect copy of the present title.
Advertised in the American weekly Mercury, Philadelphia, Oct. 13/20, 1743.
Signatures: [A]⁴ B-C⁴.
The Anatomy is the only illustration.
Drake assigns the numbers 9653 through 9662 to two successive sequences of entries. The present title is described in entry 9661 of the first sequence.
Evans, C. American bibliography,
Bristol, R.P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography,
Hildeburn, C.R. Century of printing,
Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States,
Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States,
English short title catalogue,
American Antiquarian Society copy lacks leaves [A]1 (title leaf) and C4; leaf A2 mutilated.
Hand-Verified No
Verified Yes
Attempted Verification No

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Birkett, William. Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1744: and from the creation, by scripture, 5753. Being the bissextile or leap-year, wherein is contained, the lunations, ecclipses, judgement of the weather according to this climate, planets motions and mutual aspects, the sun's and moon's rising and setting, the seven stars rising, southing and setting, time of high-water, fairs, courts, meetings, and observable days; with other celestial phænomenas throughout the year, as by perusal will appear. Referred to the vertex of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the adjacent provinces, from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 21131, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/21131. Accessed 2025-09-02. 

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