For the American living 200 years ago, life was very different
from today. One of the best ways to learn what life was like in
early America is to examine the many almanacs published during that
time. These books include a broad range of information that was of
central importance to daily life in late 18th-century America, such
as cures for common diseases, recipes for food, instructions for
preparing many of the items that modern Americans would expect to
buy at a store, agricultural advice, tables for computing interest
and currency depreciation, church and court schedules, and lists of
all kinds. In addition to such practical information, these
almanacs often published poetry, essays, maxims, illustrations, and
advertisements. This reference book indexes hundreds of almanacs
published between 1776 and 1800 and thus makes it easy for
researchers to learn about daily life in early America.
The volume begins with a short introduction that discusses some
of the fascinating information contained in American almanacs of
the late 18th century. It then presents a bibliography of almanacs
published between 1776 and 1800, and each citation includes a
corresponding number. The sections that follow are each devoted to
a particular year. Within each section are headings for various
topics, such as receipts, information, lists and registers, poems,
essays, maxims, and miscellaneous material. Each heading then lists
various topics, with each topic followed by the entry numbers of
the almanacs cited in the bibliography. By browsing through the
volume, the reader can get a general sense of the topics of
importance to Americans of the late 18th century. For more detailed
information, the reader may then consult one or more of the
bibliographies published during that period.
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