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POOR JOB'S ALMANACK, PUBLISHED BY FRANKLIN'S NEPHEW
An extremely rare copy of Poor Job's Country and Townsman's Almanack, printed by J. Franklin, Newport, Rhode Island, 1758. 16pp. 4" x 6 3/4", lightly toned else in very good condition. Publisher James Franklin, Jr. was the nephew of Benjamin Franklin, who of course published the famous Poor Richard's Almanack. Benjamin and James Franklin, Sr. were brothers, the latter choosing to remain in Boston to establish a printing business. Following James' death in 1735, the An extremely rare copy of Poor Job's Country and Townsman's Almanack, printed by J. Franklin, Newport, Rhode Island, 1758. 16pp. 4" x 6 3/4", lightly toned else in very good condition. Publisher James Franklin, Jr. was the nephew of Benjamin Franklin, who of course published the famous Poor Richard's Almanack. Benjamin and James Franklin, Sr. were brothers, the latter choosing to remain in Boston to establish a printing business. Following James' death in 1735, the younger Franklin was apprenticed to his uncle Benjamin, who had actually learned the trade from the senior James Franklin. Following his apprenticeship, James, Jr. returned to Massachusetts to print this almanac, as well as the first issues of the Newport Mercury, books, and other imprints. The almanac opens with Franklin's prediction, no doubt brought about by the French and Indian War: "Without a FIRM UNION among the English Provinces and Colonies in North-America, for their mutual assistance, they will be obligated (in two years) to submit to French Tyranny". With typical astrological tables, and a list of Quaker meetings.

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February 19, 2014 11:00 AM EST
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