Check List of Connecticut Almanacs, 1709-1850: With Introduction and Notes.

The article presents a list of almanacs published in Connecticut, including "An Almanack for 1720: Calculated to the Meridian of Yale College in New-Haven," by Joseph Moss, "An Astronomical Diary, Kalendar, or Almanack, for 1788," by Isaac Bickerstaff, and "The Connectcut Pocket Almanack for 1820," by Nehemiah Strong." The author discusses the use of almanacs to help readers keep track of time and notes increases in the popularity of them among American families during the U.S. Civil War. The sale of almanacs by authors such as John Tulley, Nathaniel Ames, Daniel Travis and Nehemiah Strong in Connecticut is noted.

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24
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1
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93-215
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