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Lot 704

Sale 5520 - Pennsylvania Sale
Nov 23, 2008 7:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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$500 - 800
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$1,600
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1 piece.
(Manuscript Almanac.) Login, James. The New Pennsylvania Almanac for The Year of Christian Account, 1792. Folio, 12 leaves; occasional creasing and spotting. Lacking the two conjugate leaves for February/November. Manuscript prepared by James Login of Salem County, N.J., in 1791 for the Philadelphia bookseller and publisher Robert Campbell. With a signed autograph notation on the 4th leaf (on verso of calendar for April): "This almanac constructed by James Login for Robert Campbell, being the first I have calculated for Phila. to be continued annually. Price for the copy five pounds, Pennsylvania currency..."
Drake 10309, recording 1 imperfect copy. See Drake 10334 and 10381 for Login/Campbell almanacs for 1793 and 1795.

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