Diary, 1710.

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Diary, 1710.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/207167061

The interleaved almanac diary contains line-a-day entries for February through May, August, and September 1710. Robie then resided in Sandwich, Mass., with Samuel Prince (1649/50-1728), father of the Rev. Thomas Prince (1687-1758), who was in Europe at that time. Robie also resided later with Major Basset. He noted activities, which included visits made and visitors received, letters received, and a few astronomical observations. The almanac leaves indicate changes used for his 1711 almanac. Filed with the volume are notes and a typescript of the diary prepared by the Sandwich Archives and Historical Center.

1 v. (7 leaves) ; octavo.

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Robie, Thomas, 1689-1729

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Thomas Robie (1688/89-1729) of Boston, Mass., was a 1708 Harvard graduate. A man of varied talents, Robie pursued several callings, including almanac-maker, Harvard library-keeper, preacher, mathematics and astronomy tutor, and physician. From the description of Diary, 1710. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 207167061 ...

Prince, Thomas, 1687-1758

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Thomas Prince (1687-1758) was a graduate of Harvard College, a clergyman, scholar, historian, pastor of the Old South Church in Boston, Mass. from 1718 to 1758, and author of A Chronological History of New England, in the Form of Annals (1736). From the description of Thomas Prince letters, 1721-1738. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 660848206 From the guide to the Thomas Prince letters, 1721-1738, (David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke U...