Connor chasing an Almanac page
The Almanac pages referred to stolen copies of Poor Richard's Almanack by Benjamin Franklin. These editions secretly contained crafting recipes for inventions by Franklin and other scientists of the day.[1]
History[]
In 1754, while staying in Boston, Franklin's copies were stolen. When Haytham Kenway and Charles Lee noticed his distress and approached him, Franklin informed them of what happened, adding that if they could find the missing pages in their spare time, he would reward them.[2] Eventually, Haytham found all of the missing pages from a newly-printed first volume that collected some of Franklin's 1733 writings,[3] earning him Franklin's gratitude and £500,[4] though he could not find any other papers elsewhere.
During the American Revolutionary War, Haytham's son Ratonhnhaké:ton located the remaining stolen pages in Boston and New York and used the crafting recipes to build a scientific display in the Davenport Homestead. These included a busybody, the Franklin stove, a glass armonica, Franklin's kite and key, an electrostatic generator, a Leyden jar, Joseph Priestley's soda apparatus, an orrery, and the Watt steam engine.[1]
Trivia[]
- In the Animus, the almanac pages are displayed as blowing around the cities, which Haytham and Connor must chase after.
- The achievement "Blowing in the Wind" could be earned by completing an almanac.
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Assassin's Creed III
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Welcome to Boston
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Database: Poor Richard's Almanack - 1733 (Vol.1)
- ↑ Assassin's Creed III – Floating conversations: "Benjamin Franklin"