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A Jewish Calendar for Sixty-Four Years: Detailing the New Moons, Festivals, and FastsA Jewish Calendar for Sixty-Four Years: Detailing the New Moons, Festivals, and Fasts

A Jewish calendar book covering sixty-four years, detailing the New Moons, Festivals, and Fasts. Published in London by Thompson in 1838. The book is rebound in stiff wrappers and contains two children's pencil drawings in a new back pocket. The back cover includes numerous names and birthdates of a Philadelphia Jewish family from the 1800s, and pencil notes on some pages record family events. The first and last few pages show tears. Condition: Good-. Wrapper. 137 pages including information on Religious and Charitable Institutions of the Jews in London and a chronological table up to and including Jewish activity in the USA.

Calendar for Fifty Years: Containing Detailed Tables of the Sabbaths...Calendar for Fifty Years: Containing Detailed Tables of the Sabbaths...

This book is a Hebrew calendar covering fifty years, from A.M. 5614 (1854) to A.M. 5664, with tables extending to A.M. 5776 (1916). It includes an introductory essay on the Jewish calendar system and tables of the Parashiot and Haphtarot as read by both Portuguese and German Israelites. Authored by Jacques Judah Lyons and Abraham de Sola, it was published in Montreal by J. Lovell in 1854.

Miller's Planters' and Merchants' Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1829Miller's Planters' and Merchants' Almanac for the Year of Our Lord 1829

This is the second edition of Miller's Planters' and Merchants' Almanac, published in Charleston, South Carolina in 1828 for use in 1829. Calculated by Joshua Sharp, it provides a calendar, including a section dedicated to Jewish holidays for the year 5589. The almanac also contains various information relevant to planters and merchants in South Carolina and Georgia, such as details on government officials, the South Carolina College, banks, insurance companies, the post office, the South Carolina Railroad, foreign coin values, fire companies, a gardener's calendar, steamboat rates, roads, and an advertisement for Clements Ferry. It also includes agricultural information, pilot details for Charleston harbor, and pilotage rates.

Pacific Coast Diary: A San Francisco Journal, 1885Pacific Coast Diary: A San Francisco Journal, 1885

This 40-page leather-bound book, titled "Pacific Coast Diary," offers a glimpse into daily life in San Francisco during 1885. It includes a Jewish calendar, stagecoach fares, information on the best travel routes within the city, and details about San Francisco's tides. The diary combines practical travel information with cultural details, providing a unique record of the city at the time.

Public Ledger Almanac, 1880Public Ledger Almanac, 1880

This 57-page almanac, published by George W. Childs' Public Ledger in Philadelphia in 1880, includes a Hebrew calendar noting strictly observed Jewish holidays on page 8. The almanac provides a range of information typical for such publications of the time, including astronomical data, weather predictions, and other practical information.

Richardson's Almanac, 1857: Cotton EditionRichardson's Almanac, 1857: Cotton Edition

Richardson's Almanac, 1857 Cotton Edition. This almanac features a full-page depiction of the two Richmond synagogues, founded in 1791 and 1841 respectively. It also includes times for commencing the Sabbath and a Jewish calendar. Published in 1857.