Nathan Daboll (November 14, 1780 – August 28, 1863), was an American politician, judge, textbook author, and almanac publisher.^[1]

Personal life

He was the son of Elizabeth (1742–1813) and Nathan Daboll (1750–1818). He had a younger sister, Lydia (born c. 1782).

Daboll married Elizabeth in 1804. They had a son, David Austin Daboll (1813–1895).

He received an Honorary Degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut in 1835.^[2]

Career

Daboll served in the Connecticut House of Representatives 1832–1833, and the Connecticut Senate 1833–1835.^[3]

He was Clerk of the Court of Probate for the State of Connecticut, County of New London, Connecticut, Probate District of Stonington before serving as a probate judge 1843–1845.^[4]

Daboll assisted his father, the notable American Revolution period almanac publisher, with the publication of the New England Almanac. With his son David, he developed Daboll's New Arithmetic, a revision of his father's textbook, Schoolmaster's Assistant.

Works

• Daboll, N. (1819). The New-England almanack for the year of our Lord Christ, 1820. New London, Conn.: Samuel Green. OCLC 15454145.
• Daboll, N. (1821). Nathan Daboll arithmetic book. OCLC 63938517.
• Green, S.; Daboll, N. (1824). The practical accountant, or, Farmer's and mechanic's best method of book keeping for the easy instruction of youth. Designed as a compainion (sic) to Daboll's arithmetic. New London: S. Green. OCLC 5463222.