AN ASTRONOMICAL DIARY: OR, ALMANACK FOR THE YEAR OF OUR LORD CHRIST, 176
1766 · Connecticu
by Ames, Nathanie
Connecticu: Printed and sold by Thomas Green, Timothy Green, and Samuel Gree, 1766. [24]pp. Stitched. First and last pages lightly soiled. Margin of fore-edge chipped, not affecting text. Text evenly tanned. A very good copy. A Connecticut edition of this almanac for 1767, following two Boston printings. An almanac by Nathaniel Ames, son of Dr. Nathaniel Ames who started a popular and highly regarded almanac in 1726. Ames continued writing the almanac after his father died in 1764 until the beginning of the Revolutionary War. Ames was a successful doctor, ardent Anti-Federalist and local politician. Ames' lengthy essay addresses many issues and topics. In response to the repeal of the Stamp Act, Ames writes: "Let us then, my countrymen, study not only religion, but politicks and the nature of civil government; become politicians every one of us." This is meant to encourage a more educated and nationalistic population. Along the same vein, he encourages self sufficiency, especially in agriculture as a means of becoming more independent from England. Finally, he offers a rudimentary description of how to raise silk worms as a form of boosting one's wealth. EVANS 10227. ESTC W22474. DRAKE 243 (Inventory #: WRCAM41198)