tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055177173193179624.post3681453720030150586..comments2024-01-19T23:38:59.403-08:00Comments on Gaspereau Press ¶ Printers & Publishers: For Promoting Useful KnowledgeAndrew Steeveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11419326535390211322noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2055177173193179624.post-31221506300616243232010-02-22T07:14:39.777-08:002010-02-22T07:14:39.777-08:00There's a Halifax connection to be plumbed her...There's a Halifax connection to be plumbed here as a segue.<br />The types used in the publication of the Halifax Gazette, the first newspaper in Canada, were on a press brought from Boston with types thought to have been obtained from Franklin. If memeory serves these were Baskerville types.<br />I'll check my copy of First Impressions: Early Printing in Nova Scotia by Marjorie Whitelaw.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707986964118451826noreply@blogger.com