{"product_id":"1791-new-hampshire-almanack","title":"1791 NEW HAMPSHIRE ALMANACK. One of the Very Earliest Concord New-Hampshire Items Ever Printed.","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"0\" class=\"first-token\" id=\"p-rc_705be54d6bdd580a-47\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-135\"\u003eAn exceptionally scarce first-year Almanack issued from the Concord New-Hampshire presses of George Hough. He established Concord's first printing press in late 1789 or early 1790, launching the town’s first newspaper, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"0\" data-index-in-node=\"137\" class=\"\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-135\"\u003eThe Concord Herald\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"citation-135 citation-end-135\"\u003e, in January 1790. From available records, it seems that 1791 Almanack [Printed in 1790] was the first stand-alone, non newspaper work he ever printed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c!----\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\" data-path-to-node=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImportant as an early imprint; otherwise a rather standard almanac. Calculated for local regional meridians, it served as a crucial instrument of daily civic,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e agricultural,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and astronomical life in the early Republic. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pseudonymous attribution to \"Elijah Bickerstaff,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Jun.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\" invokes the famous satirical tradition established by Jonathan Swift,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a standard branding device used by 18th-century New England philomaths to signal astronomical authority and practical entertainment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBickerstaff Jun., Elijah. Philomathematician. The Concord Calendar: Or, New Hampshire Almanack, for the Year of Our Redemption 1791: Being the Third Year after Bissextile, or Leap-Year, The Fifteenth of the Independence of America, From Creation, According to Scripture, 5753. Calculated for the Meridian of Concord, Latitude 43 15 North- Longitude 3 39 East from Philadelphia: Fitting Newhampshire, Massachusetts, or Vermont without Essential Variation. Containing Every Thing Necessary in an Almanack, and a Variety of Other Useful and Entertaining Matter. Concord. George Hough. 1790. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFair only. Front wrap chipped and tender as shown, though the primary lithographic panel intact. The remainder a bit handled generally, with corners turned, etc., The final leaf lacks the top 25% effecting one narrative at the end, i.e. \u003cem\u003eThe Prolix Preacher\u003c\/em\u003e, and a few months from the rear calendar. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Specs Fine Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68061304258596,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0093\/3910\/9435\/files\/11-11-2026SpecsFineBooks-4.jpg?v=1794435996","url":"https:\/\/specsfinebooks.com\/products\/1791-new-hampshire-almanack","provider":"Specs Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}