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Nathaniel Ames 1708-64, American almanac maker, b. Bridgewater, Mass. His Astronomical Diary and Almanack, begun in 1725 and issued annually after c.1732 from Dedham, Mass., was highly popular and served as a model for Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack and later almanacs. It had a circulation of 60,000 copies. After Ames's death it was continued until 1795 by his son Nathaniel, Jr. The elder Ames was a physician and also after 1750 landlord of the Sun Tavern at Dedham. He was the father of Fisher Ames.

Bibliography: See S. Briggs, ed., The Essays, Humor, and Poems of Nathaniel Ames (1891, repr. 1969).

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Ames, Nathaniel (1708–64), compiler of an annual Astronomical Diary and Almanack (1725–64), which attained a circulation of 60,000 copies and was among the works that served as models for Poor Richard's Almanack. His work was continued by his son, Nathaniel Ames, Jr., until 1775. The material in their almanacs has been edited as The Essays, Humor, and Poems of Nathaniel Ames (1891).

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