poor richard's almanack apush Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/poor-richards-almanack-apush Tue, 28 Mar 2017 15:24:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Poor Richard’s Almanack http://travelsfinders.com/poor-richards-almanack.html http://travelsfinders.com/poor-richards-almanack.html#respond Sun, 08 May 2016 03:09:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=203799 Famous for such pithy sayings as Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy wealthy and wise, Poor Richard’s Almanack was published annually by Benjamin Franklin from 1732 to 1758. Franklin began the almanac when, as a rising Philadelphia printer, he lost his lucrative almanac printing business to competitors. Franklin responded by creating his own almanac and selling it to the public under the name of Richard Saunders, also known as Poor Richard. Almanacs were extremely important in colonial America and were surpassed in sales only by the Bible. They provided something valuable for everyone. A basic

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