PHENIX 
     
    
   
   
    
     PHENIX Apr. 21, 1828 - Aug. 20, 1828. 
     
     LOCATION Charlottetown, P.E.I.. 
     
     FREQUENCY Weekly on Mondays. 
     
    

    
     EDITOR The Committee. 
     
     PRINTER James Bagnall. 
     
     PROSPECTUS 
     
    
   
   
    
     The Phenix was published as a vehicle for the defense and 
     
     justification of J.B. Palmer, who, on March 31, 1828, had 
     
     been expelled from the House of Assembly for his misconducts 
     
     as a solicitor in the Court of Chancery. The first issues 
     
     were mainly comprised of letters to the editor protesting 
     
     Palmer's innocence, many of them written by Palmer himself. 
     
     A continuation of the paper after the Palmer affair had 
     
     ended was attempted, with the later issues containing inter- 
     
     national and local news, advertisements, and anecdotes, but 
     
     the venture did not succeed. The Phenix saw itself as the 
     
     adversary of the Prince Edward Island Register. 
     
    
   
   
    
     HOLDINGS 
     
     PAPEI masters Apr. 21, 1828 - Aug. 20, 1828 (1 reel). 
     
     PAPEI copy positives Apr. 21, 1828 - Aug. 20, 1828 (1 reel). 
     
    
   
   
    
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