The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette

The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette was a weekly/semi-weekly newspaper published in Kingston, Ontario, Canada from 1833-1847.[1]

The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette
Nec Rege, Nec Populo, Sed Utroque Neither for king nor people, but for both

History

The Kingston Chronicle and Gazette began on June 1833, when James Macfarlane amended the title from as it was when he purchased the paper from John Alexander Macauley and Alexander John Pringle. For more information on the previous proprietors, please see The Kingston Chronicle. The change in name, although likely made for a myriad of reasons, is addressed by Macfarlane in the June 29th, 1833 issue:[2]

”In addition to the desire we have entertained of annexing the name “Gazette” to our usual title, there is the circumstance of a journal in the island of Jamaica which has hitherto borne the same designation as our own-”Kingston Chronicle.” This has in some instances led to confusion, which may now be obviated.”

— John Alexander Macauley, The Kingston Chronicle & Gazette 1833, June 29th

Macfarlane was born in Scotland, came to Kingston soon after the War of 1812, and spent time in Oswego, New York where he married Isura Carrington in April of 1834. July 1st of 1824 he purchased the Chronicle from Macauley and Pringle, five years after their acquisition of it. Four years later Macfarlane started the Brockville Gazette, but diversified his attention to community and business matters rather than its running, selling the paper a year later. Macfarlane was a Justice of the Peace in 1834, a local agent for insurance as well as the Encyclopedia Americana, printed The statutes of the province of Upper Canada…., imported garden supplies, and sat on the Board of Health and Court of Requests. While championing the Chronicle, he frequently gave his time and effort to promote groups such as the Dorcas Society, the Female Benevolent Society, the Celtic Sons of Upper Canada and the St Andrew’s Society.

Macfarlane took on F. M. Hill as a partner in 1832, Hill continuing for two more years before withdrawing from paper. Francis Manning Hill (1809 - 1854) was mayor of Kingston in 1849 and 1851, and his home Hillcroft was later used by Alexander Campbell, a father of Confederation. Hill was married to Mary Briggs at Belleville in June of 1833. He was connected to the Kingston Mechanics' Institute, Kingston Gas Light Company, and Board of Trade. He also acted as Town Clerk and was proprietor of the hardware business Hill & Briggs. Hill and Edward John Barker of the Whig would butt heads over accusations of slander, the former referring to him as “Yankee Hill”. Macfarlane owned and edited the Chronicle until his death on July 29th, 1847.[3] Sometime in 1847, the paper merged with the Kingston News to form the Chronicle and News under Samuel Rowland, which would eventually be merged with the Kingston Times to form the News and Times, which would later be rebranded the Standard and merged with the British Whig.

See also

References
  1. Gilchrist, J. Brian. (1987). Inventory of Ontario newspapers, 1793-1986. Micromedia Ltd. ISBN 0888925964. OCLC 20393950.
  2. "Chronicle & Gazette - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  3. Osborne, Brian S., 1938- (1988). Kingston : building on the past. Butternut Press. ISBN 092157505X. OCLC 17876462.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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