THE NEW-ENGLAND ALMANACK, OR, LADY'S AND GENTLEMAN'S DIARY, FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1780.
Providence: John Carter, [1779]. 18 leaves [as issued]. Stitched, toned, last leaf with a small corner chip affecting one word, Good+. Signed at the lower margin of the first page, 'Elisha Kellogg.'
The Almanac was advertised as available on October 16, 1779, in the Providence Gazette. It has excerpts from "Dr. Franklin's Experiments and Observations on Electricity." A "List of the Princes of Europe" calls George III, "the sanguinary tyrant born to dismember the British empire, and render America independent." A recipe for making Currant Wine; prescriptions for curing the bite of a mad dog; fixing consumptive disease; destroying insects and blights on trees; and keeping the gums and teeth healthy are all printed. The last several leaves show roads and distances.
Evans 16674. Drake 12854. Alden 762. Guerra b-451. Item #28177
Price: $500.00