Poor Richard's Almanack for the Year of Christ, 1739. A yearly almanac published by Ben Franklin from 1732 to 1758. The "almanack" was very popular with American colonists and was a repository for Franklin's puns, witticisms and sayings. It contained a calender, weather predicitions, information about astronomy and astrology, poems and puzzles. It is called "Poor Richard" because Franklin borrowed the name Richard Saunders from a 17th century writer of an almanac named "Rider's British Merlin."Poor Richard's Almanack for the Year of Christ, 1739. A yearly almanac published by Ben Franklin from 1732 to 1758. The "almanack" was very popular with American colonists and was a repository for Franklin's puns, witticisms and sayings. It contained a calender, weather predicitions, information about astronomy and astrology, poems and puzzles. It is called "Poor Richard" because Franklin borrowed the name Richard Saunders from a 17th century writer of an almanac named "Rider's British Merlin."
Poor Richard's Almanack for the Year of Christ, 1739. A yearly almanac published by Ben Franklin from 1732 to 1758. The "almanack" was very popular with American colonists and was a repository for Franklin's puns, witticisms and sayings. It contained a calender, weather predicitions, information about astronomy and astrology, poems and puzzles. It is called "Poor Richard" because Franklin borrowed the name Richard Saunders from a 17th century writer of an almanac named "Rider's British Merlin."