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

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in 1813. In 1819, he founded and successfully ran the first paper mill in Atlantic Canada. It was known as the Acadia Paper Mill and was located on the Nine Mile River, near

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. He is buried in the cemetery of the

Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church The Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church is the second-oldest building in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, after St. Paul's Church. It was built for the Foreign Protestants, and is the oldest site in Canada associated with Lutheranism. It is a National Hi ...

, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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* Holland, Anthony Henry Holland, Anthony Henry Holland, Anthony Henry 19th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people) {{Canada-business-bio-stub