Early Atlantic Newspapers
Printers, editors, and everyday readers – discover how early newspapers spread news, stirred debate, and recorded the lives of Atlantic Canadians.
Halifax Gazette. NS
Canada’s first newspaper, 1752
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Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser. NS
Anthony Henry, 1769
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The Halifax Journal. NS
John Howe, 1781
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Shelburne’s early newspapers. NS
1783 – 1789
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The Royal St. John’s Gazette and Nova-Scotia Intelligencer. NB.
John Ryan, 1784
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The Royal Gazette and New Brunswick Advertiser. NB
Christopher Sower, 1785
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A Proclamation. PEI
James Robertson, 1789
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The Royal Gazette and Miscellany of the Island of Saint John. PEI
William Alexander Rind, 1791
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The Royal Gazette and Newfoundland Advertiser. Nfld.
John Ryan, 1810
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The Acadian Recorder. NS
Anthony Henry, 1813
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Newfoundland Mercantile Journal. Nfld.
Alexander Haire and Robert Lee, 1815
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The Colonial Patriot. NS
Jotham Blanchard, 1833
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The Novascotian. NS
Joseph Howe, 1828
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The Morning News. NB
George Fenety, 1839
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The Mayflower and the Olive Branch. NS
Sarah and Mary Herbert, 1844 and 1851
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The Casket. NS
John Boyd, 1851
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The development of wood pulp. NS
Charles Fenerty, c1844
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Tramp Printers. The story of itinerant typesetters.
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The family ties that shaped early printing in Atlantic Canada
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