The publications for which Cramer was best known in the early days, were his almanacs and _Navigators_. The publication of almanacs was common to all publishers in the border settlements, no less than in the more effete East. In 1803, _Cramer’s Almanac_ had developed into a pamphlet which is to-day both curious and valuable. The edition for that year is a fair specimen of the other almanacs which followed it. The astronomical tables, “calculated for the meridian of Pittsburgh,” were said to “serve without any sensible variation for the states of Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, etc.” The almanac also contained selections from the leading English contemporary writers. It necessarily followed that the articles were by English writers, as American authors were pitifully scarce. “The Poor Distracted Young Woman,” was from Robert Bloomfield’s _Farmer’s Boy_. The _Farmer’s Boy_ from which the extract was taken had previously had a remarkable success, over twenty-five thousand copies being sold within two years after its publication in 1800. Other selections were, “A Description of a Summer Morning,” from James Beattie’s poem, _The Minstrel_; “Sic a Wife as Willy Had,” from Robert Burns; a biography of Dr. Isaac Watts, whose version of the Psalms had superseded that of Rouse, and was in general use among the Presbyterians of Western Pennsylvania. There were suggestions on various subjects--“Polonius’s Advice to his Son Laertes,” and “Dr. Soloman’s Observations.” The last article was by Dr. Samuel Soloman, a London physician who was termed a quack, but the “Observations” indicate that he had a discriminating knowledge of the rules of health. The ague, while not prevalent in Pittsburgh, was common west and south of the town. For this ailment there was a “Receipt to Cure the Ague,” and there was an “Advertisement to Farmers.”