CRI 550 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Ludger Duvernay, Montreal Gazette, Joseph Howe
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Moved back and forth on the border. Deputy post master for nova scoia, new brunswick, pei. Post master was passed on from father to son. Pay someone else un order to hold the job. Joseph howe (son) are the fathers of confederaion. Majority shareholder in his compeitor (pierre edware de brat) Very common to buy compeitors or merge with them. Newspaper was eaten alive by smaller newspaper companies. Works of many english and american authors. Help of benjamin he opened his own publishing. James lan prining house 9heart of business district) Law suits and sent him to jail periodically. Had to leave the country, business and family. 1842 came back by luis and came back to publish. 1826 (tory enemies took press and threw into harbour) He knew everyone who did that, was able to sue for 625 pounds. 1828, elected to the colonial house of assembly. 2 years later he was thrown out of oice,