The Upper Canada Almanac
Book
John Bennett
1803
Early Printing and Type in Canada, Chapter 2: 1801–1850
Follow the opening up of the west through the establishment of newspapers.
While printers were still working in difficult conditions, this period saw printers starting to flex their muscles and beginning to have some success in challenging the traditional hierarchical structure of society. Many of the printers in this period went on to become politicians using their newspapers to promote freedom of the press.
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An Almanack
Book
Elizabeth Gay
1806
The Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser
Newspaper
John Ryan
1810
Acadian Recorder
Newspaper
Anthony Henry Holland
1813
Newfoundland Mercantile Journal
Newspaper
Alexander Haire, Robert Lee
1816
Colonial Advocate
Newspaper
William Lyon Mackenzie
1824
The Novascotian
Newspaper
Joseph Howe
1828
Norway House
Book
James Evans
1841
The Development of Wood Pulp Paper
Photograph
Charles Fenerty
c1844
Title: Curabitur blandit tempus porttitor
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