Why Did Roger Sherman Wrote The Almanacs

Roger Sherman was the only who signed the Continental Association, the Articles of Confederation, Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution, and served in the Continental Congress and both houses of the U.S. legislature. The American founding father was born in April 19, 1721 in Newton, Massachusetts; He was the second of seven children. Roger was born to William and Mehatabel Sherman, he moved to Dorchester (now called Stoughton). Roger spent most of his youth farming and learning the shoe trade. He attended a common school, although he being largely educated himself, Roger Sherman moved to New Milford, Connecticut. There he became a land surveyor and a merchant; he got married to Elizabeth Hartwell in 1749. During their life together

There Roger ran couple general stores, later there he became involved with Yale college. That is where he held the position of the post of treasurer from 1765 to 1776; later Yale College awarded him with an honorary Master of Arts degree. During those years Roger wrote the almanacs and then he published them that included, among other things, information about astronomy, religion, and weather. Around three years after his wife Elizabeth Harper died Sherman got married to Rebecca Prescott, they had eight children, but unfortunately two of their children died in infancy. Roger Sherman was very active during the colonies struggle for independence; he served in the continental congress for 1774-1781 and 1783-1784. In the mean time Roger helped write the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation, and he signed both of them. In addition he signed the Continental Association, which created the trade boycott with Great Britain, from the First Continental Congress. In fact he even served as mayor of New Haven; in 1787 Roger Sherman represented Connecticut in the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. That is where he played a big role, when all of the delegates where stuck on how to divide legislative representation among large states and small