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Poor Richard's Almanack (sometimes Almanac) was a yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin, who adopted the pseudonym of "Poor Richard" or "Richard Saunders" for this purpose. The publication appeared continually from 1732 to 1758. It sold exceptionally well for a pamphlet published in the Thirteen Colonies; print runs reached 10,000 per year.
Article History. Poor Richard, unschooled but experienced homespun philosopher, a character created by the American writer and statesman Benjamin Franklin and used as his pen name for the annual Poor Richard’s almanac, edited by Franklin from 1732 to 1757. Although the Poor Richard of the early almanacs was a dim-witted and foolish astronomer ...
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Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard’s Almanack during a peaceful time in Pennsylvania politics. However, the political scene grew more turbulent during the 1740s and 1750s. Franklin’s almanacs changed accordingly. After 1747 they featured a decidedly political bent as Franklin used the publication to distribute his Whig viewpoints.
Richard Saunders was an English physician and astrologist who wrote under the pen name of Cardanus Rider which in rearranged letters is Richard Saunders. Saunders published Rider’s British Merlin, a popular almanac published from 1626 until the 1830s. The name Poor Richard was adapted from another British almanac, Poor Robin which was first ...
James' brother, Benjamin Franklin, published his annual Poor Richard's Almanack in Philadelphia from 1732 to 1758. Samuel Stearns of Paxton, Massachusetts, issued the North-American Almanack, published annually from 1771 to 1784, as well as the first American nautical almanac, The Navigator's Kalendar, or Nautical Almanack, for 1783.
Feb 23, 2024 · Poor Richard's Almanack. 1. A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can scarce ever be spent. 2. A cold April, the barn will fill. 3. A countryman between two lawyers, is like a fish between two cats. 4.*. Act uprightly, and despise calumny; dirt may stick to a mud wall, but not to polish'd marble.
