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LOT 62

Lot 62

William Lyon Mackenzie 'The Weekly Message' Subscription Receipt, Signed and Dated Sept. 28, 1858

William Lyon Mackenzie 'The Weekly Message' Subscription Receipt, Signed and Dated Sept. 28, 1858
Lot 62 Details
William Lyon Mackenzie 'The Weekly Message' Subscription Receipt, Signed and Dated Sept. 28, 1858

quill with print on paper
2.4 x 7.9 in — 6 x 20 cm

Estimate $100-$150

Realised: $252
Price Includes Buyer's Premium ?

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A long time politician, political reformer and newspaperman, William Lyon Mackenzie was the publisher of the 'The Colonial Advocate' who, under a pseudonym, criticized governance of Upper Canada under the 'family compact'. On June 8, 1826, eight rioters famously attacked his Queenston office, destroyed a printing press, and threw another press and trays of typeset into the nearby bay. Thirty-two years later, apparently undaunted, he was at it again with 'The Weekly Message.'

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