Editing Poor Richard's Almanack (section)

==History==
[[File:Oliver Pelton - Benjamin Franklin - Poor Richard's Almanac Illustrated.jpg|thumb|right|350px|A nineteenth-century print based on ''Poor Richard's Almanack'', showing the author surrounded by twenty-four illustrations of many of his best-known sayings]]

On December 28, 1732, [[Benjamin Franklin]] announced in ''[[The Pennsylvania Gazette]]'' that he had just printed and published the first edition of ''The Poor Richard'', by Richard Saunders, Philomath.<ref>[[#miller1961|Miller, 1961]], p. 97</ref> Franklin published the first ''Poor Richard's Almanack'' on December 28, 1732,<ref name="IHA">Independence Hall Association (1999–2007)</ref>{{Full citation needed|date=September 2023}} and continued to publish new editions for 25 years, bringing him much economic success and popularity. The almanack sold as many as 10,000 copies a year.<ref name="TQ">Oracle ThinkQuest (2003)</ref> In 1735, upon the death of Franklin's brother, James, Franklin sent 500 copies of ''Poor Richard's'' to his widow for free, so that she could make money selling them.<ref name="IHA"/>