RE skipping 11 days in 1752: What is now the US was still a British colony at that time, so that also applied here. I understand that Ben Franklin wrote at the time, “It’s very pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on the 2nd and not have to get up until the 14th.
I also read once that landlords calmly charged a full month’s rent.
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RE skipping 11 days in 1752: What is now the US was still a British colony at that time, so that also applied here. I understand that Ben Franklin wrote at the time, “It’s very pleasant for an old man to be able to go to bed on the 2nd and not have to get up until the 14th.
I also read once that landlords calmly charged a full month’s rent.