{"data":{"description":"An Early American Almanac The first annual almanac printed in early America was The Astronomical Diary and Almanac. First published in 1725 in Boston by","title":"First Annual Almanac Published","post_type":"page","content":"\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eAn Early American Almanac\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\r\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #000000;\"\u003eFirst Almanac\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/h3\u003e\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe first annual almanac\u003c/strong\u003e printed in early America was \"The Astronomical Diary and Almanac.\" First published in 1725 in Boston by Nathanael Ames, it was the most famous of the early almanacs, along with \"Poor Richard's Almanac\" by Benjamin Franklin. Ames' almanac became the standard New England almanac for 50 years. It included tide charts, solar table calculations and eclipses, and changes of the moon.\r\n\r\n\u003cstrong\u003eThe almanac for the year 1742\u003c/strong\u003e appears below. During this year in early America's history: William Parks wrote the first American cookbook, Countess Benigna Von Zinzendorf established the first school for Protestant girls, the first German songbook was published by Christoph Sauer and Benjamin Franklin invented the first stove for heating.\r\n\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003ca title=\"Rare Images\" href=\"/earlyamerica/rare-images/\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ad8431;\"\u003eEarly American Images\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/h2\u003e\r\n\u003ctable class=\"bill\" style=\"height: 189px;\" width=\"587\"\u003e\r\n\u003ctbody\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRead The Originals!\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\r\n\u003c/tr\u003e\r\n\u003ctr\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/firsts/first-almanac/alamanac1\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-5092 size-thumbnail\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/alamanac1.jpg\" alt=\"almanac for the year 1742 \" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e Almanac for the year 1742\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\r\n\u003ctd\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003ca href=\"/earlyamerica/firsts/first-almanac/alamanac2\"\u003e\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-5093 size-thumbnail\" src=\"/images/earlyamerica/alamanac2.jpg\" alt=\"alamanac2\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003cp\u003e Almanac for the year 1742\u003c/p\u003e\u003c/td\u003e\r\n\u003c/tr\u003e\r\n\u003c/tbody\u003e\r\n\u003c/table\u003e","menu":[{"path":"lives-early-america","title":"Famous Lives","submenu":[{"path":"lives-early-america/autobiography-benjamin-franklin","title":"Autobiography of Ben Franklin"},{"path":"lives-early-america/ramsays-life-washington","title":"Ramsay's The Life of Washington"},{"path":"lives-early-america/adventures-col-daniel-boone","title":"The Adventures of Col. Daniel Boone"},{"path":"lives-early-america/true-story-paul-revere","title":"The True Story of Paul Revere"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"portrait","title":"Portraits"},{"path":"rare-images/last-men-revolution","title":"The Last Men of the Revolution"}]},{"path":"freedom-documents","title":"Freedom Documents","submenu":[{"path":"freedom-documents/bill-rights","title":"Bill of Rights"},{"path":"freedom-documents/declaration-independence","title":"Declaration of Independence"},{"path":"freedom-documents/u-s-constitution","title":"The U.S. Constitution"}]},{"path":"world-early-america","title":"World of Early America","submenu":[{"path":"bookmarks","title":"Early American Bookmarks"},{"path":"world-early-america/famous-obits","title":"Famous Obits"},{"path":"firsts","title":"Firsts!"},{"path":"rare-images/maps","title":"Maps"},{"path":"rare-images","title":"Rare Images"},{"path":"music1","title":"Music"},{"path":"writings","title":"The Writings of Early America"}]},{"path":"boston-massacre","title":"Boston Massacre"},{"path":"milestone-events","title":"Milestones"},{"path":"early-america-review","title":"The Review"},{"path":"home/teachers-students","title":"Teachers"},{"path":"sitemap","title":"Sitemap"}]},"success":true}