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.
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]
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)
Newspaper
Dates
Political Orientation
Patriot & Farmers Monitor (Kingston)
Nov. 12 1829 —Dec. 7, 1832
Moderate Reform
Patriot & Farmers Monitor (Toronto)
Dec. 1832— 1840+
Conservative
+ The Herald continued to be published by Dalton's wife Sarah until 1848, making her the second female newspaper publisher in the province.[4]
George Walton "York commercial directory, street guide, and register, 1833-4 with almanack and calendar for 1834." (Toronto: T. Dalton, 1834).
Samuel Hughes A Vision Concerning the Desolation of Zion; or, The Fall of Religion Among the Quakers, set forth in a similitude or vision of the mind: particularly dedicated to the captives, or scattered tribes of that body, now commonly called Orthodox and Hicksites (J.H. Lawrence, Guardian Office, Toronto, 1835), 12 pp.
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.
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]
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)
Newspaper
Dates
Political Orientation
Patriot & Farmers Monitor (Kingston)
Nov. 12 1829 —Dec. 7, 1832
Moderate Reform
Patriot & Farmers Monitor (Toronto)
Dec. 1832— 1840+
Conservative
+ The Herald continued to be published by Dalton's wife Sarah until 1848, making her the second female newspaper publisher in the province.[4]
George Walton "York commercial directory, street guide, and register, 1833-4 with almanack and calendar for 1834." (Toronto: T. Dalton, 1834).
Samuel Hughes A Vision Concerning the Desolation of Zion; or, The Fall of Religion Among the Quakers, set forth in a similitude or vision of the mind: particularly dedicated to the captives, or scattered tribes of that body, now commonly called Orthodox and Hicksites (J.H. Lawrence, Guardian Office, Toronto, 1835), 12 pp.