A tradition of almanacs published for the purposes of North America began in New England in the 17th century. A New World's dwelling would seldom be found without the latest print of North American almanac and The Pilgrim's Progress. The earliest almanac published for New England appeared in Cambridge, Massachusetts as early as 1639, by William Pierce. It was the second work printed in the English colonies of America altogether. The earliest New England almanac of which an extant copy survives in the Library of Congress was published by Zechariah Brigden in Cambridge in 1659. Harvard College became the first center for the annual publication of almanacs with various editors including Samuel Danforth, Oakes, Cheever, Chauncey, Dudley, Foster, et alia. An almanac maker going under the pseudonym of Poor Richard, Knight of the Burnt Island began to publish Poor Robin's Almanack one of the first comic almanacs that parodied these horoscopes in its 1664 issue, saying "This month we may expect to hear of the Death of some Man, Woman, or Child, either in Kent or Christendom." Other noteworthy comic almanacs include those published from 1687-1702 by John Tully of Saybrook, Connecticut. The Bostonephemeris was an early almanac published in Boston during the 1680s. The most important early American almanacs were made from 1726-1775 by Nathaniel Ames of Dedham, Massachusetts. Many colonists sewed blank pages into their almanacs to keep a daily journal. Daily journal entries consisted of buildings being built, debt and spending, the death of neighbors, personal diaries, earthquakes, and weather. A few years later James Franklin began publishing the Rhode-Island Almanack beginning in 1728. Five years later his brother Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard's Almanack from 1733–1758. Benjamin Banneker improved on the Almanac from 1792–1797.
From the late 18th to early 19th century, there began a fashion of Farmers' Almanacs published regionally in the newly independent United States.
The Boston Ephemeris an Almanack, published 1685–1686 in Cambridge, Massachusetts by Samuel Green. Nathaniel Mather contributed the meridian calculation for Boston located in New England.
"The United States almanac" 1776-
The Farmer's Almanac, published from 1792, since 1836 known as The Old Farmer's Almanac
Longworth's American Almanack, published 1797–1842 in New York City, New York by David Longworth and Thomas Longworth.
Washington's citizen and farmer's almanack, for the year 1810.. containing, besides the astronomical calculations by Joshua Sharp, a variety of pieces in prose and verse
"The Annual Visiter and Citizen and Farmer's Almanac" 1812-
The Farmer's almanac, for the year of our Lord 1819... calculated for the meridian of Philadelphia by Andrew Beers, published by S. Potter & Co.
The New England Farmer's Almanac
The Maine Farmers' Almanac, printed from 1819 in Hallowell, Maine and later in Augusta, Maine, printed by Goodale, Glazier & Co. and edited by Daniel Robinson and Abel Bowen. Appeared until 1968.
The New England Anti-Masonic Almanac, published 1829–1833 in Boston, Massachusetts by John Marsh
Ayer's American Almanac: For the Use of Farmers, Planters, Mechanics, and All Families was published in Lowell, Massachusetts from 1854–1911.
Annual Register of Rural Affairs and Cultivator Almanac, published from 1855–1881 in Albany, New York by Luther Tucker also known for The Country Gentleman and The Genesee Farmer .
Hostetter's United States Almanac, for Merchants, Mechanics, Farmers, Planters, and General Family Use was published 1863–1909 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by Hostetter & Smith. The publication advertises Hostetter's Stomach Bitters with branding of Saint George and the Dragon.
American Almanac and Treasury of Facts published from 1878-1889 by The American News Company
