him. It continued to be published in Concord until 1896 – 45 years after its founder's death. William B. Leavitt edited the publication following his father's death. A New Hampshire historical marker (number 7) in Center Harbor notes that Leavitt's publication "provided information vital to domestic and agricultural life of the period. He lived in house 200 yards east." The almanac was one of the longest-running such publications in the history of the nation. The Old Farmer's Almanac, which first appeared in 1792, five years ahead of Leavitt's almanac, was the Meredith schoolteacher's chief competitor, and has been published continuously ever since – making it the oldest continuously published periodical in North America. The New Hampshire Historical Society in Concord owns a painting of Dudley Leavitt, to which local citizens contributed towards the purchase, including former Governor Charles H. Bell and diplomat George G. Fogg, both of whom were connected to Leavitt through his Gilman ancestors. Leavitt and his wife had 11 children, two of whom married Congregational missionaries to Thailand. References External links The Teacher's Assistant, and Scholar's Mathematical Directory, Dudley Leavitt, published by Marsh, Capen and Lyon, Concord, 1830 Pike's System of Arithmetick Abridged, by Dudley Leavitt, Teacher of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, Jacob B. Moore, Concord, N.H., 1826 "Dudley Leavitt of Center Harbor, New Hampshire", Lake Winnipesaukee Historical Society Dudley Leavitt Historic Marker, Center Harbor, New Hampshire, Flickr Further reading New Hampshire Learnin' Days: Dudley Leavitt, "Master": An Historic Review, Bruce D. Heald, Heald Enterprises, 1987 History of the Town of Exeter, New Hampshire, Charles Henry Bell, Press of J.E. Farwell & Co., Boston, 1888 1772 births 1851 deaths People from Exeter, New Hampshire History of New Hampshire American newspaper editors American educators People from Meredith, New Hampshire Phillips Exeter Academy alumni Leavitt family Almanac compilers American male non-fiction writers American magazine founders People from Center Harbor, New Hampshire