Almanac (1785) interleaved with various extracts including a description of Tahiti, 1772.

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Almanac (1785) interleaved with various extracts including a description of Tahiti, 1772.

Almanac (1785) interleaved with various extracts including a description of Tahiti, 1772.

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This almanac, _The North-American Calendar: or, the Rhode Island Almanack, for the Year of our Lord Christ 1785 ..._ (Providence: Bennett Wheeler, [1784]), is generously interleaved and then supplemented by a variety of extracts. The almanac, by Benjamin West (1730-1813), is printed in Providence by Bennett Wheeler (1756-1806), and contains 36 p. The extracts and writings both interleaved with and following the almanac touch on a variety of "Theological, Geographical, Historical, and Polemical Subjects." The description of Tahiti is written around that portion of the almanac containing the calendar for January-April, 1785. The extracts and writings include theological speculation, a brief outline of early modern English history, and miscellaneous observations. Toward the back is a series of extracts under the heading "Anti-Armenianism." The author is unknown.

1 v. (252 p.) ; octavo.

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