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16. Specimens of the Early Quebec Press. 

 Quebec Gazette. June 21, 1764. Printers, Brown and Gilmore (facsimile). 

 Quebec Gazette. May 22, 1770. John Neilson, printer. Aug. 14, 1794, to April 21, 1803. 

 The same. 



From the same press. The Laws of Lower Canada. On the title-page is a copy of the seal 

 of the first Province of Quebec. The central device is the King pointing to a map of Canada ; 

 below iu the exergue, "Extentee gaudect agnoscere metae." The whole surrounded by the 

 legend, "Sigillum Provtucise Nostrje Quebecensis in America." 



The Times : Cours du Tems. 11 Mai, 1795. Quebec, a la Nouvelle Imprimerie. 



Nouvel Alphabet. Quebec, a la Nouvelle Imprimerie, Rue du Palais. 1797. 



LeCanadien. Nov., 1806. March, 1810. Printer, Charles Eoi. 



Copy of Dilwortli's English Spelling Book, with the inscription, "Ce livre appartien a Loui.s 

 Chiniquy. Quebec, 1803." 



Smith's History of Canada. 2 vols. 8vo. John Neilson. 1815. 



Quebec Almanac for 1819 : pp. 237. J. NeUson, 3 Mountain Street. 



Hawkins' Picture of Quebec, with Historical Recollections. Neilson and Cowan. 1834. 



17. Specimens of the Early Montreal Press. 



Proclamation of Lieut. Gov. Simcoe, dated at Kingston, July 9, 1792 ; but printed at Mon- 

 treal by Fleury Mesplet. 



From the Press of Nahum Mower : A Concise Introduction to Practical Arithmetic, by the 

 Rev. Jolm Strachan, Rector of Cornwall, Upper Canada. 



Smart's Sermon on the Death of General Brock, preached at Brockville, Nov. 15tli, 1812. 



Montreal Herald : 1811-1814. "William Gray, printer. 



Report. Loyal and Patriotic Society of Upper Canada. Wm. Gray, 1817. 



Letters of Veritas. Montreal. W.Gray. 1815. 8vo. 



Letters of Nerva. Montreal. W. Gray. 1815. 8vo. 



^y Strachan's Sermon on the Death of the Hon. R. Cartwright. W. Gray. 1816. 



Canadian Courant. Montreal, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 1819. Vol. xiii. No. 35. Nahum Mower 

 printer. 



Canadian Review, 1824-1826. E. V. Sparhawk, printer. Montreal. 



Canadian Magazine and Literary Repository. Montreal, 1824. 



Hawley's Quebec, The Harp, etc. Montreal. A. Ferguson. 1829. 12mo. 



Hawley's The Unknown, etc. Montreal. J. H. Hoisington & Co. 1831. 12mo. 



Kidd's Huron Chief, etc. Montreal. Office of Herald and New Gazette. 1830. 12mo. 



18. Specimens of the Early Niagara Press. 



The Imposing Stone of the First Printing Press of Upper Canada. Presented by Mr. R. C 

 Gwatkin. The following inscription has been cut upon it: "Imposing Stone of the first 

 Printing Press in Upper Canada, at Newark (Niagara), 1793. Teste W. Kerby, Niagara, 1873." 



No. 1, Vol.i ., of the Upper Canada Gazette, or American Oracle. April 13, 1793. Louis Roy, 

 printer : at Newark or Niagara. 



Vol. ii. of the same periodical is printed by G. Tiffany. 



In Vol. iii. the name of Titus G. Simons appears as that of the printer. In the autumn of 

 1798 the paper is issued at York: " W. Waters and T. G. Simons, printers." 



" A Proclamation to such as are desirous to Settle on the Lands of the Crown in the Province 

 of Upper Canada," is printed by G. Tiffany at Newark, in 1795. This document is a reprint of 

 one dated at Quebec, Feb. 7, 1792. 



Tiffany's Almanac for 1802. 



Isiagara Spectator, No. 12. 1818. Amos McKenney, printer. 



Niagara Gleaner. Feb. 11, 1819. Andrew Heron, printer. 



David Thompson. History of the Late War. Niagara. T. Sewell. 1832. 



St. David's Spectator. No. 20, 1816. Printed for the Proprietors. 



19. Specimens of the Early Kingston Press. 



Dr. Strachan's Sermon on the Death of Dr. John Stuart. Printed by Charles Kendall, King- 

 ston, 1811. 



Kingston Chronicle. 1819. Vols. i. and ii. Printed for the Editors. 



■ Kingston Gazette. Nov; 17, 1812. Printer, Stephen Miles. (Obituary of Gen. Brock.) Other 

 numbers. 



The Upper Canada Herald. Kingston, April 4, 1832. No. 683. Vol.xiv. T. H. Bentley, printer. 



Port Hope Gazette. Nov. 29, 1845. W. Furby, printer. 



