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At the Sign of the Hand and Pen, …Spelling, Reading, Writing, in all it's [sic] different Hands….
From the Halifax Gazette, March 23, 1752, p. 2




Drawing of St. Paul's Church, Halifax, by Richard Short, 1759.  The printing office of Bushell and Henry was behind this church and is also depicted in this drawing.

Selected Bibliography of Early Printing in Canada

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