Anthony Henry (printer)

Anthony Henry, Little Dutch (Deutsch) Church, Halifax, Novs Scotia

Anthony Henry (1734-1800) was a soldier and printer in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He fifer for the British in the Siege of Louisbourg (1758). He later became the publisher of the Halifax Gazette.[1] He opposed the Stamp Act 1765. Henry was also succeeded as government printer for the Nova-Scotia Gazette. He later founded the Nova Scotia Chronicle and Weekly Advertiser, the first Canadian newspaper to run independently of government patronage. He is the namesake and godfather of Anthony Henry Holland. He was warden of the Little Dutch church.

References

  1. ↑ Anthony Henry - Canadian Biography


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