Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack. For the Year of Our Lord 1900, 01, 16, 17, 18, 19 (5 years)

Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack. For the Year of Our Lord 1900, 01, 16, 17, 18, 19 (5 years)

Author: John Gruber October 31, 1768-December 29, 1857

8vo. 1900-19. Gruber, J. Hagerstown , Md. Printed by John Gruber. Almanack paper wraps with taped spine, extremities with closed tears on last leaf of 1919, small loss to some taped spines, otherwise almost very good.

From the Web: John Gruber October 31, 1768-December 29, 1857 In 1793, he moved to Reading, Berks County, Pennsylvania, and on June 26th, entered into a partnership with Gotlob Jungman. Under the firm name of Jungman and Gruber, he printed the publication, Neue Unpartheyischa Readinger Zeitung und Anzeigs-Hachrichten (literal translation: ‘New Candid Reading Newspaper and Advertising Messages’). This is believed to be the very first newspaper published in Reading. in 1796, began publishing Der Neue Nord-Americanische Stadt und Land Calender, (translation: ‘The New North American Urban and Country Calendar’). It was briefly changed to the New Hagers-town Town and Country Almanack and in 1797, it was to become J. Gruber's Hagers-Town Town and Country Almanack. For 25 years, it was published exclusively in German, at a time when most of the church services were conducted in that language. In 1822, due to an ever-increasingly English-speaking readership, it became necessary to publish an English version as well. The publication of bilingual editions continued for almost one hundred years. For a number of years, the English version carried the name American Farmer's Almanack and was published under the name of Gruber and May, Daniel May, printer and bookbinder by trade and also Gruber's partner and son-in-law The Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack, first published in 1797, is the second oldest almanac in the United States. It began in a modest print shop on South Potomac Street in Hagerstown, Maryland and was the creation of colonial printer, John Gruber and his partner and son-in-law Daniel May. Gruber is considered by many to be one of Hagerstown's "favorite sons" right along with Jonathan Hager, the town's founder and namesake. Gruber's almanac has been published continuously for 227 years and is the ONLY almanac in the United States that is still published by direct descendants of its founder. Throughout its long history, The Almanack has been recognized countless times for its contributions to the development of Early American agrarian society. Gruber's Hagerstown Town and Country Almanack Company has been recognized by Wikipedia as the 53rd oldest company in the United States and 1493rd oldest in the world

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