BROAD-AXE

BROAD-AXE(1) Jan. 31, 1871 — May 30, 1871.1 LOCATION Charlottetown, P.E.I.. FREQUENCY Bi-weekly.

PROSPECTUS

The firpad-Axe was an independent newspaper which wittily attacked the government and various other Island institutions, including the Post Office, the courts, the Grand Jury, the Hillsboro ferry and the press. Rumours and advertisements were also published in the paper.

HOLDINGS UPEI originals Jan. 31, 1871 — May 30, 1871. PAPEI originals Jan. 31, 1871 - May 30, 1871. FOOTNOTES

1. "The Broad-Axe ceased to live on the 30th of May last."

Island Argus, vol. 2, issue #83, p. 2, col. 7, June 6, 1871.

9 Rev. 1991