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Poor Richard's Almanac

American  

noun

  1. an almanac (1732–58) written and published by Benjamin Franklin.


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While Americans have boasted of casting off class since Poor Richard’s Almanac, until recently there has been little data.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2012

When publishing instructions on how to make a lightning rod in Poor Richard’s Almanac, he also refrained from noting that he was the inventor.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2010

It is imperative that Chairman Rodino and his committee see through this gold-lettered, black-bound version of "Poor Richard's Almanac" and pursue all forms of necessary evidence, especially the tapes.

From Time Magazine Archive

A penny saved is two pence clear A pin a day is a groat a year �Benjamin Franklin There was a time when Poor Richard's Almanac was strictly for children.

From Time Magazine Archive

Two of his commercial enterprises were the Pennsylvania Gazette, the most readable newspaper of Colonial America, and Poor Richard's Almanac, the only almanac that has ever attained the rank of literature.

From Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings by Bruce, Wiliam Cabell

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