Item #35503 AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1769. Nathaniel Ames.

AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY, OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST 1769.

Boston: Printed and Sold by the Printers and Booksellers, [1768]. 12mo. 12 leaves (complete), stitched, untrimmed. Uniform tanning, some light spotting. Good+.

This Almanac discourses on the manufacture of silk and the five eclipses that will occur during the year; lists roads and distances to and from various New England cities; and tells 'An Indian Story' involving a dispute between the French and the Natchez Indians. It exposes "the treacherous Behavior of those who are called the politest Nation of Europe."
Evans 10817. Drake 3172. Item #35503

Price: $250.00

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