The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867

The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867

Samuel Hart Wright

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This popular annual informed residents of the eastern United States of the moon's phases, paths of Mars and Saturn through the night sky, and provided astrological charts of upcoming solar and lunar eclipses. The text includes moral and instructive articles and stories, a description of the structure of the government, and comments on political, cultural, religious and philosophical issues.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867The Family Christian Almanac for the United States, for the year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1867

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