NORTH STAR

NORTH STAR 1868l — 1869.2 LOCATION Charlottetown, P.E.I.(?). FREQUENCY ? PUBLISHER John Ross.3 PROSPECTUS

The North Star began publication in 1868 to promote the annexation of P.E.I. to the United States.4 In 1869, it was succeeded by the Island Argus when J.H. Fletcher, the founder of the Arg 5, purchased the North Star's plant and subscription list.

HOLDINGS

Nil.

FOOTNOTES

1John Ross, Reminiscences from the Life of John Ross (Charlottetown, P.E.I.: J. Coombs, 1892), p. 43.

2Teare's Directory & Hand Book of Prince Edward Island, 1880—81 (Charlottetown, P.E.I.: Teare & Co., 1880), p. 474.

3J.H. Fletcher, "Newspaper Life and Newspaper Men," Prince Edward Island Magazine 2 (May 1900): 71.

41bid., p. 71.

5Teare's Director! 1880—81, p. 474.

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