HASZARD'S GAZETTE

HASZARD'S GAZETTE July 29, 1851 - Feb. 18, l857(?). LOCATION Charlottetown, P.E.I.. FREQUENCY Weekly on Tuesdays, July 29, 1851 —

Feb. 1, 1853; Irregular, Feb. 8, 1853 - Dec. 31, 1856(?); Weekly on Wednesdays, Jan. 14, 1857(?) — Feb. 18, 1857.

TITLE VARIES Gazette, July 29, 1851 - Aug. 1851; Haszard's Gazette, Aug. 26, 1851 — Dec. 28, 1852; Haszard's Gazette, Farmers' Journal and Commercial Advertiser, Jan. 4, 1853 - Feb. 18, 1857.

PRINTER James D. Haszard, July 29, 1851 - Dec. 28, 1852.

PROPRIETOR George T. Haszard, Jan. 4, 1853 - June 27, 1855.

PUBLISHER George T. Haszard, Jan. 4, 1853 - June 27,

1855; Aug. 30, 1856 - Dec. 10, 1856(?); Haszard & Owen, Oct. 17, 1855 - Aug. 27, 1856; Burris Brothers and Co., Jan. 14, 1857 - Feb. 18, 1857.

EDITOR R.B. Irving, Jan. 4, 1853 — Mar. 30, 1853; T. Burris, Jan. 21, 1857 - Feb. 18, 1857

(responsible editor).

PROSPECTUS

Haszard's Gazette was established by James D. Haszard in 1851. Haszard had previously been the Queen's Printer, and, on being displaced from this office by Edward Whelan, he immediately began the publication of his own paper, Haszard's Gazette. He published it himself until 1853, when he retired in favour of his son, George T. Haszard. Several other publishers and editors followed. Haszard's Gazette printed some foreign and local news, fiction, anecdotes and advertisements. It was largely non— political, but its viewpoint did vary under its different editors. Reform, biblical instruction in the schools and temperance were

all discussed in Haszard's Gazette. In March of 1857, Haszard's Gazette was merged With the Protector and Christian Witness.I

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