Guide to the New England Almanac Fragment MSS.3130
New England Almanac
- Author:
Finding aid prepared by James N. Gilbreath
- Publication:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Mary Harmon Bryant Hall
November 2010
500 Hackberry Lane
Box 870266
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-0266
205.348.0500
archives@ua.edu
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English
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New England Almanac Fragment
- Unit ID:
MSS.3130
- Repository:
W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
- Quantity:
0.1 Linear feet
- Dates:
1803
- Abstract:
Several pages from a New England almanac printed in 1803.
- Acquisition Information:
Provenance
Gift of Wade Hall, 2008
Biographical/Historical note
"The Way to Wealth," which is present in this fragment, was written by Benjamin Franklin and first appeared in Poor Richard's Almanac in 1758.
Scope and Contents note
This collection contains fourteen pages from a New England almanac for 1803. Present are a reprint of the 1758 essay, "The Way to Wealth," by Benjamin Franklin, as well as recipes, poetry, road lengths, monthly lunar calendars with weather forecast, and dates for the supreme courts in the New England states. Marginalia stating "G. Wilbur (?) was born 6th of April 180(torn page corner)."
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- Processing Information:
Processed by
James N. Gilbreath, October, 2010
- Preferred Citation:
Preferred Citation note
New England Almanac Fragment, W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama
Fragment Box SC0052 Folder 3130.1