Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Poor Richard's Almanac, 1900
Almanacs were a popular form of literature. Almost every farmer had an almanac hanging near the fireplace. These almanacs usually contained a monthly calendar, movements of the heavenly bodies, and a variety of ih formation and useful literature. F rank lin began the publication of such an almanac in 1732, and continued it for twenty-five years, claiming it was written by one Richard Saunders. In his almanac Franklin began his.
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