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Farmers' Bulletin, War Department Weather Report - Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture

Washington DC: War Department, Office of the Chief Signal Office, December 27, 1877. A weather bulletin for December 27, 1877 put out by US War Department, the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, a Division of the Telegrams and Reports for the Benefit of Commerce and Agriculture. Although this bulletin appears to have circulated in Boston, MA, the bulletin covers the weather indications for the majority of the US. From the South Atlantic and Gulf States, to Tennessee and the Ohio Valley. On this date, the Mid Atlantic States were experiencing "northeast winds, falling barometer, cloudy and rainy weather, possibly followed by northwest winds and partly cloudy weather." At the base of the bulletin, the New England states were singled out for this warning: "during the month of December, winds blowing from the South or East, or from directions between those points, are found to be the winds most likely to be followed by Rain or Snow. Winds blowing from the North or West, or from directions between those points, are found to be winds least likely to be followed by Rain or Snow." The blank back side has been used as scrap paper for various mathematical problems. Single sided. Measures 10" x 8" General wear. Letter folds. Penciling on back.

Price: $75.00

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