An astronomical diary, kalender, or almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1788 · Judaica Americana II · Legacy Projects from Judaica DH at Penn Libraries

Singerman ID: supp1040
Year: 1787
Entry: [Strong, Nehemiah]. An Astronomical Diary, Kalender, or Almanack, for the Year of Our Lord, 1788 ... Precisely adapted to the Horizon and Meridian of Hartford ... but may Serve Indifferently for all the Towns in Connecticut. Hartford: Printed by Elisha Babcock, [1787]. [22] p.
Author/Editor: Strong, Nehemiah
Location: Hartford, CT
Holdings: CtY-B; DLC
Title: An astronomical diary, kalender, or almanack, for the year of our Lord, 1788
Language: English
Printer/Publisher: Printed by Elisha Babcock
Notes: Contains a section, "The Jew and the Christian," in which a Jew who falls in a well on his Sabbath declines the offer of a ladder from his Christian friend to rescue him and the Christian, in turn, declines to help the Jew the following day on Sunday, his Sabbath rest day. Evans 20732. MWA holds a variant ed. in which "An Emblem of a Law Case" appears in place of "The Jew and the Christian."
Collection: Chronological File, 1676 to 1900