Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1748. And from the creation, by scripture, 5757. Being bissextile or leap-year. Wherein is contained, the lunations, eclipses, 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, courts, fairs, meetings, high water at Philadelphia, and observable days; with other celestia; phænominas, as by the contents will appear. Calculated from Carline [sic] tables, according to art, and referred to the vertex of the city of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the provinces adjacent from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.

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Title Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1748. And from the creation, by scripture, 5757. Being bissextile or leap-year. Wherein is contained, the lunations, eclipses, 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, courts, fairs, meetings, high water at Philadelphia, and observable days; with other celestia; phænominas, as by the contents will appear. Calculated from Carline [sic] tables, according to art, and referred to the vertex of the city of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the provinces adjacent from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.
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Signed Author By William Birkett.
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Volumes 1
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Date of Publication 1747
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Date of First Publication 1747
Imprint Printed and sold by Cornelia Bradford, at the Sign of the Bible, in Front-Street, near High-Street.
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Notes AAS Notes: The Anatomy is the only illustration.
Evans, C. American bibliography,
Drake, M. Almanacs of the United States,
English short title catalogue,
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Birkett, William. Poor Will's almanack, for the year of Christian account, 1748. And from the creation, by scripture, 5757. Being bissextile or leap-year. Wherein is contained, the lunations, eclipses, 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, courts, fairs, meetings, high water at Philadelphia, and observable days; with other celestia; phænominas, as by the contents will appear. Calculated from Carline [sic] tables, according to art, and referred to the vertex of the city of Philadelphia, but may without sensible error serve all the provinces adjacent from Newfoundland to South-Carolina. By William Birkett.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 24563, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/24563. Accessed 2025-09-15. 

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