The Upper Canada Almanac
Book
John Bennett
1803
The Upper Canada Almanac – Ontario, John Bennett, 1803
The Upper Canada Almanac, printed in 1803, is a fine example of John Bennett’s printing skill.
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John Bennett, who was an apprentice of Samuel Neilson at The Quebec Gazette, succeeded Louis Roy as King’s Printer in July 1801, and duly took over as publisher of the Upper Canada Gazette. He continued to issue the Statutes of Upper Canada and produced an almanac in 1803. He published the first Christian literature in Ontario and the first election campaign literature.
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1803
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The Upper Canada Almanac
for the year of our Lord 1803
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The Upper Canada Almanac. (1803). Title page [Print]. In Fauteux, A., 1930, The Introduction of Printing into Canada (p. 132). Rolland Paper Company.
Tobin, B. (1993). The Upper Canada Gazette and Its Printers, 1793-1849. (E. Hulse, Ed.). Ontario Legislative Library. https://ia800104.us.archive.org/15/items/uppercanadagazet00ontauoft/uppercanadagazet00ontauoft.pdf
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