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Anthony Henry (Anton Heinrich) (1734-1800) was a soldier and the King's printer in
The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser
at the Nova Scotia Archives. Canadian publishers (people) 18th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people) 1734 births 1800 deaths {{Canada-business-bio-stub
Anthony Henry (Anton Heinrich) (1734-1800) was a soldier and the King's printer in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Halifax is the capital and largest municipality of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia, and the largest municipality in Atlantic Canada. As of the 2021 Census, the municipal population was 439,819, with 348 ...
. He was a fifer
A fifer is a non-combatant military occupation of a foot soldier who originally played the fife during combat. The practice was instituted during the period of Early Modern warfare to sound signals during changes in formation, such as the line ...
for the British in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758)
The siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led to the subsequent British campaign to cap ...
. He later became the publisher of the ''Halifax Gazette
The ''Halifax Gazette'' was Canada's first newspaper, established on March 23, 1752, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was published weekly by John Bushell, who had been carrying out a project that had been initiated by his partner Bartholomew Green ...
'' after the death of John Bushell John Bushell (March 18, 1715 January 22, 1761) was the first printer in what is now Canada.
Biography
Bushell was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was apprenticed as a printer there. He subsequently worked for a number of different printers and ...
. He opposed the Stamp Act 1765 which he openly criticized and faced charges of sedition for. Thomas, 1874, Vol. I, p. xxxii Henry was also succeeded as government printer for the Nova-Scotia Gazette. He later founded The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, the first Canadian newspaper to run independently of government patronage. He is the namesake and godfather of Anthony Henry Holland
Anthony Henry Holland (25 November 1785 – 10 October 1830) was a Halifax businessman and printer. He was named after and the godson of Anthony Henry.
Holland is best known for founding the Acadian Recorder in 1813. In 1819, he founded and ...
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He was warden of the Little Dutch church. After his death, John Howe (loyalist)
John Howe (October 14, 1754 – December 27, 1835) was a loyalist printer during the American Revolution, a printer and Postmaster in Halifax, a spy prior to the War of 1812, and the father of Joseph Howe a Magistrate of the Colony of Nova Sco ...
became the King's printer.
See also
*Early American publishers and printers
Early American publishers and printers played a central role in the social, religious, political and commercial developments in colonial America, before, during, and after the American Revolution. Printing and publishing in the 17th and 18th ce ...
* List of early American publishers and printers
List of early American publishers and printers is a ''stand alone list'' of Wikipedia articles about publishers and printers in colonial and early America, intended as a quick reference, with basic descriptions taken from the ledes of the resp ...
Sources
*Citations
External links
The Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser
at the Nova Scotia Archives. Canadian publishers (people) 18th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people) 1734 births 1800 deaths {{Canada-business-bio-stub