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  2. Poor Richard's Almanack - Wikipedia

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    A nineteenth-century print based on Poor Richard's Almanack, showing the author surrounded by twenty-four illustrations of many of his best-known sayings. On December 28, 1732, Benjamin Franklin announced in The Pennsylvania Gazette that he had just printed and published the first edition of The Poor Richard, by Richard Saunders, Philomath. [4]

  3. The Way to Wealth - Wikipedia

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    The Way to Wealth or Father Abraham's Sermon is an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. It is a collection of adages and advice presented in Poor Richard's Almanack during its first 25 years of publication, organized into a speech given by "Father Abraham" to a group of people.

  4. American almanacs - Wikipedia

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    An almanac maker going under the pseudonym of Poor Richard, Knight of the Burnt Island began to publish Poor Robin's Almanack one of the first comic almanacs that parodied these horoscopes in its 1664 issue, saying "This month we may expect to hear of the Death of some Man, Woman, or Child, either in Kent or Christendom." Other noteworthy comic ...

  5. List of almanacs - Wikipedia

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    Grier's Almanac (1807–present) Harris' Farmer's Almanac (1692–present) J. Gruber's Hagerstown Town & Country Almanack (1797–present) Jewish Year Book (1896–present) Kulavruttanta (1915–present) Old Moore's Almanack (1699–present) Places Rated Almanac (1982–present) Poor Richard's Almanack (1733–1758) Thackers Indian Directory ...

  6. For Want of a Nail - Wikipedia

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    Benjamin Franklin included a version in his Poor Richard's Almanack (1758), but over a century earlier, the poet George Herbert included it in a 1640 collection of aphorisms. [4] [5] [6] Predecessors include the following:

  7. Bonhomme Richard - Wikipedia

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    Bonhomme Richard or Bon Homme Richard, meaning good man Richard in French, may refer to: USS Bonhomme Richard, several ships of the United States. Les Maximes du Bonhomme Richard, the French title of Poor Richard's Almanack, for which the ships were named. A pseudonym of Benjamin Franklin

  8. Old Farmer's Almanac - Wikipedia

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    In 2003, The Old Farmer's Almanac distributed a 32-page Almanac Just For Kids. [45] The positive response [ 45 ] led to the release of The Old Farmer's Almanac for Kids in 2005, and the Almanac launched Almanac4kids.com. [ 46 ] This site is dedicated to content for younger readers, their parents, and teachers, featuring interactive activities ...

  9. Almanac - Wikipedia

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    Nathaniel Ames of Dedham, Massachusetts, issued his popular Astronomical Diary and Almanack in 1725 and annually after c. 1732. [25] James Franklin published The Rhode Island Almanack by "Poor Robin" for each year from 1728 to 1735. [26] James' brother, Benjamin Franklin, published his annual Poor Richard's Almanack in Philadelphia from 1732 to ...

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