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Book publishers in Upper Canada

Book publishers in Upper Canada

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After the American Revolutionary War, U.S. printers were freed of British copyright restrictions and freely reprinted British works. Upper Canadian printers remained bound by British copyright. American presses quickly took the lead in producing cheap editions and eventually the printing of original work.

Publishing in Upper Canada was thus largely limited to local newspapers. The official Kings Printer published a large number of government documents, including the journal of the provincial Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council. During the 1830s, a series of directories and gazetteers were independently published. The only substantial original works published were by David Willson, the religious leader of the Children of Peace, a utopian Quaker group who built the Sharon Temple.

The following list is partial, and omits government publications.

Dundas

George Heyworth Hackstaff

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Kingston

James MacFarlane

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Stephen Miles

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Hugh Christopher Thomson (1791-1834)

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+ The Herald continued to be published by Thomson's wife Elizabeth until 1838, making her the first female newspaper publisher in the province.[1]

Edward John Barker

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Sandwich (Windsor)

James Cowan

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Henry C. Grant

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Toronto

William Joseph Coates (1805–1879)

David Willson

Coates was the first printer of the Methodist newspaper "The Christian Guardian" edited by Rev. Egerton Ryerson from 1829–33, after which he opened his own shop.[3]

W.J. Coates & Thomas Dalton (1782-1840)

  • George Walton "The City of Toronto and the home district commercial directory and register with almanack and calendar for 1837 : being first after leap-year, and the eighth year of the reign of his majesty King William the Fourth" (Toronto: T. Dalton & W.J. Coates, 1837).

Thomas Dalton (1782-1840)

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+ The Herald continued to be published by Dalton's wife Sarah until 1848, making her the second female newspaper publisher in the province.[4]

Charles Fothergill (1782–1840)

Joseph H. Lawrence

William Lyon Mackenzie (1795–1861)

William Lyon Mackenzie
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Robert Stanton (1794-1866)


References

  1. "Dictionary of Canadian Biography".
  2. Gundy, H. Pearson in Tulchinsky, Gerald (1976). To Preserve and Protect. Montreal-Kington: McGill-Queens University Press. pp. 203–22.
  3. Elder, Carol (1986). "W.J. Coates: an early 19th century Toronto printer". The York Pioneer. 81: 44–49.

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