Brazil, ........ ................ 143 Eclipse of Moon, Dec. 26.......... 278 Eclipse of Sun, Total, June 17 PAGE 36 35 35 36 ....... 208 224 ...... 289 Emigration to the U. S. in 1850 ................. 1851. 3 ............. 322 347 66 Events, General, in 1850..................................... 344 145 Barometrical Observations...........91-102 Executive Government of U. S........... 105 108 Finances of the States....... ......210, 211 .... Census of U. States (Seventh). 56 276 102 344 Foreign Ministers, &c., in U. S......... 137 ...... ...... 131 General Events in 1850 ......................... 344 91-102 1851 347 Coinage of Mint for 58 Years ........... 194 Geologists, U. S., with Land-Office...... 114 275 Collectors of Customs.................. 111 Government, Seats of, in different States. 208 Commercial Agents in Foreign Countries Countries whence Goods are brought. 176 Intercourse with Foreign Nations....... 133 Debts of the States Delaware. ............ 5 Denmark, Ministry Departments, Officers in the....... 106-108 Kentucky 41 Land-Office, Registers, Receivers, &c. 113 Eclipse of Moon, July 1................................... 35 Laws, Titles and Abstracts of Public.... 143 Massachusetts, Railroads of ........ 105 211 ...................... 326 190 6 Public Lands, Sales of... 191, 192 163 Public Lands, Surveyors-General of...... 113 156 212-215 127 Railroads in Construction in New England 214 212-217 131 Receivers of Land Office 112 263 Recent Discoveries in Astronomy, &c. ... 66 64 236 Registers of Land-Office... 212 Religious Denominations 113 208 207 Representatives, Alphabetical List of.... 223 Meteorological Information ........ 91-102 Representatives, House of... 280 Seasons, Beginning and Length of Naval Officers............................................. 113 Senate of the U. S. ........ 170, 177 Ship Owners. Liability of, Act concerning 154 ........... Navy Yards. Commanders of New Hampshire New Jersey. ........ New Mexico Territory ....... Newspapers, Postage on........................ New York, Railroads in.. 161, 167 Star, Pole, Apparent Places of 249 Stars, Fixed, Apparent Places of........ 3 4 201 207 ...... 272 216, 217 321 .............. ..... 326 54 56 106 8 State Elections, &c... 208 270 State Finances, Debts, &c. Nights. Darkness of the, in 1852.... Obituary, American, in 1850... 1851... 331 Sun's Parallax in Altitude........... Observatories, Latitude and Longitude of 46 Supreme Court, U. S..... 258 Tides, Height of Greatest, in 1852.. ... ... 3 Tonnage of the U. S.. 67 Tonnage, Comparative View of, for 35 Years 180 54 Trade, Foreign, Countries of. 199-201 United States, Seventh Census.. Postage by the N. Y. & Bremen Steamers 326 Utah Territory. 146 Value of Foreign Coins 176 106 198 ....... 318 225 41 233 .163-168 Vessels of War in U. S. Navy Postage to Oregon and California 160 Western Railroads Postmasters in Chief Towns and Cities... 108 War Department Post-Office Distributing Offices .... 108-111 Winds and Clouds.. THE AMERICAN ALMANAC, FOR THE YEAR 1852, Being the latter part of the 76th, and the beginning of the 77th year of the Independence of the United States of America; the 6565th year of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 5612th, and the beginning of the 5613th year since the creation of the world, according to the Jews; the 2605th year (according to Varro) since the foundation of Rome; the 2599th year since the era of Nabonassar, which has been as signed to Wednesday, the 26th of February, of the 3967th year of the Julian Period, which corresponds, according to the chronologists, to the 747th, and, according to the astronomers, to the 746th year before the birth of Christ; the 2628th year of the Olympiads, or the fourth year of the 657th Olympiad, beginning in July, 1849, if we fix the era of the Olympiads at 775 years before Christ, or at or about the beginning of July of the year 3938 of the Julian Period; the latter part of the 1268th, and the beginning of the 1269th year (of twelve lunations) since the Hegira, or flight of Mahomet, which, as is generally supposed, took place on the 16th of July, in the year 622 of the Christian era. 6 Conjunction, or having the same Longitude or Right Ascension. Quadrature, or differing 90° in 8 Opposition, or differing 180° in 66 The ascending, & the descending node. 66 66 |