(AMERICAN REVOLUTION ALMANACS) Low Nathaniel An Astronomica

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--ALMANACS.) Low, Nathaniel. An Astronomical Diary: or, Almanack for the Year . . . 1775. Woodcut of "The Virtuous Patriot at the Hour of Death" on title page. 12mo, stitched; moderate edge wear, foxing and toning, early reinforcement to title page not affecting text; several contemporary death records written in margins. Boston: John Kneeland, [1774]

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Begins with Low's rousing 4-page Address to the Inhabitants of Boston, which warns that "the heavy hand of power under which you are now groaning is designed only as a prelude to the utter abolishment of American freedom." Some or all of the inscriptions seem to relate to Windsor, CT, such as "Giles Ellsworth decd 17th day of July in the year 1775, struck with lightning." Drake 3241; Evans 13384; Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators 66. Provenance: Lawrence Feinberg estate.