The volume was not completed and issued with a title and table of contents until January, 1694, as described under No. 31. From the original in The New York Public Library. [No. 30.] An || Almanack || For the Year of Christian Account || 1694. || And from the Creation of the World || 5661. || But by Keplas Computation 5687. || Being the second after Leap-Year, || The Epact is 14. Golden Number 4. || and Dominical Letter G. || Containing Matters Necessary and Useful, chiefly accomodated to the || Lat. of 40 Degrees, but may, without || sensible Error serve the Places adjacent, || from Newfound-Land to the Cape of || Virginia. || By Daniel Leeds, Philomat. || [Motto in six lines.] || Printed and Sold by William Bradford at || the Bible in New-York, 1694. || Small octavo, (12) leaves, unpaged. The first almanac printed in New York, probably early in December, 1693. The almanac for 1693 was printed in Philadelphia. The calendar begins with January, the x1 Month, and ends with December, the x Month. An advertisement on the second leaf states that the Laws of the Province will shortly be ready. On the verso of the eleventh leaf begins a list of "Books to be sold by William Bradford at the Sign of the Bible in New-York, as also in Philadelphia, 1694," which was continued on the (missing) twelfth leaf. Two copies are known, that belonging to the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, which lacks two leaves, and one in the Huntington Library, lacking the last leaf. A photostat reproduction from the Huntington copy is in The New York Public Library. [No. 31.] The || Laws & Acts || of the || General Assembly || for || Their Majesties Province || of || New-York, || As they were Enacted in divers Sessions, the first of || which began April, the 9th, Annoq; Domini, || 1691. || At New-York, || Printed and Sold by William Bradford, Printer to their Majesties, King || William & Queen Mary, 1694. || Folio, pp. (4), 1-84, besides the three separately printed acts and the Catalogue of Fees. Sheetmarks A-N and O-X, as described under Nos. 19 and 29. The following announcement of publication appeared on the third page of the almanac early in December, 1693: ADVERTISEMENT. The Laws of the Province of New-York will shortly be printed, whereto every When the book was finished, probably in January, 1694, a general title-page and a table of contents in two pages were prefixed. The three acts issued separately as no. 3, 4 and 6, were not reprinted, but the remaining copies of each, together with the Catalogue of Fees, were bound with the rest. The titles of these three acts were included in the table, not in their proper order with the other acts, but grouped together without page references. The completed volume, therefore, comprised Nos. 19, 29, 3, 4, 6, and 22, already described. Mr. Charles R. Hildeburn, in his bibliographical account of the book, prefixed to the Grolier Club's facsimile reprint, assumed that the printing of the book was not begun before February, 1694, because of the two statements in the almanac that "Truth Advanced," by George Keith, "is now in the Press," and that "The Laws... will shortly be printed." These two statements, however, are not to be taken literally. They are printer's terms, which were used loosely, sometimes to express intention instead of actual fact, and the words "now in the press," as well as "This day published," were often repeated for months in the newspapers of the day. It seems more reasonable that the legislative printing should have had first attention over any work that Bradford undertook for others. It is for this reason that the printing of the book is placed here mostly in the year 1693, the first 52 pages being described as No. 19, and the remainder as No. 29. Nine copies of the book are known, of which six are in public institutions, as follows: two copies in the New York State Library at Albany, and one each in the New York Society Library, The New York Public Library, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Huntington Library. Four of the nine copies are more or less defective. [No. 32.] An Ordinance Established by the Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen & Assistants convened in Common Council for the raising of three pence upon every pounds value of all the Real and personal Estates of all and every the Freeholders, Inhabitants and Sojourners within the said City, to be Imployed for the Building the Battery and platform to be erected in the said City, &c. The above ordinance was passed by the New York City Common Council, Thursday, January 25, 1694, and confirmed by the Governor and Council on the same day. On Friday the 26th, after the ringing of three bells, it was publicly read and ordered to be printed. It appeared probably in the form of a broadside. No copy has been found. See Minutes of the Common Council, vol. 1, pp. 345-348, where it is recorded in full. [No. 33.] Some Seasonable Considerations for the Good People of Connecticut. New-York: Printed by William Bradford. 1694. Quarto, pp. 45 or more. No copy has been found of this anonymous publication, which probably appeared early in 1694. The authorship has been attributed to Gershom Bulkeley, of Wethersfield, Connecticut. It contained at least 45 pages, as shown by the extracts quoted in the reply which was ordered by the Governor and Assistants at Hartford, on April 23, 1694, to be "forthwith Printed." This reply was entitled: Their Majesties Colony || of || Connecticut || in New-England || Vindi- At a meeting of the Governor and Council, February 15, 1694, "William Bradford, printer, having exhibited an account of sundryes printed by direcon of his Excellency and Council for the use of the Government, amounting to a considerable value, which cannot be supported by his salary, this board, in consideracon of his extraordinary services and the printing of a book intituled 'Seasonable consideracons offered to the good people of Connecticut,' have corrected the said account, and Ordered a Warrant issue for the payment of thirty pounds to the said William Bradford.". Council Minutes, vii, 54, in Wilson's "Memorial History of New York," vol. 1, p. 509, note. |