Books and Manuscripts

Revolutionary War-Era Sammelband of 4 Connecticut Almanacs

1. (Daboll, Nathan)
Freebetter's New-England Almanack, For the Year 1776…
New-London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, (1775). 12mo. (22) pp.; lacking final leaf. Illustrated with woodcut of Paul Revere's “The able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught” on front wrapper, with printed caption “Boston Cannonaded”; wood-cut anatomical chart on p. (21). Printed stab-sewn self-wrappers, first leaf loose, extremities creased and worn; edges untrimmed; scattered contemporary marginalia. Bound with below with contemporary thread. Evans 14001; Drake 305

2. (Daboll, Nathan) Freebetter, Edmund
The New-England Almanack; And Gentleman's and Lady's Diary, For the Year of Our Lord Christ 1777…
New-London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, (1776). 12mo. (24) pp. Illustrated with lunar woodcut on front wrapper. Printed self-wrappers; edges untrimmed; creasing in corners; light soiling to title-page; scattered contemporary marginalia. Evans 14724; Drake 310

3. (West, Benjamin)
Bickerstaff's New-England Almanack, For the Year of our Lord, 1778…
Norwich: Printed and Sold…by J. Trumbull, (1777). 12mo. (24) pp. Printed self-wrappers; edges untrimmed; creasing in corners; loss in bottom corner of first leaf and top corner of final leaf, affecting some letters. Evans 15706; Drake 312

4. (Daboll, Nathan) Freebetter, Edmund
The New-England Almanack; And Gentleman's and Lady's Diary, For the Year of Our Lord 1779…
New-London: Printed and Sold by T. Green, (1778). 12mo. (22) pp., lacking final leaf. Illustrated with woodcut anatomical chart on p. (2). Printed self-wrappers; edges untrimmed; extremities creased and worn; scattered contemporary marginalia. Evans 15777; Drake 323