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MONTREAL.
A newspaper in the French language entitled Gazette du
Commerce et Litteraire, Pour la Ville et District de Montreal,
was first published in that city, June 3, 1778, by Fleury
Mesplet & Charles Berger. It was printed on half a sheet
of crown, quarto, with a new bourgeois type. Imprint,
" Montreal, Chas. F. Mesplet & C. Berger, Imprimeurs et
Libraires." The partnership did not long exist; in September
following, the title was altered to "Gazette Litteraire,
pour la Ville, &c.," and published by Mesplet only,
who continued it until he died. Le Roi succeeded Mesplet,
and published the paper a short time. Edward Edwards,
after the death of Le Roi, conducted it until the
year 1808, when it was discontinued.
Other newspapers have been published since 1775, in
Quebec and in Montreal; some of which have attained a
permanent establishment.
A Gazette has lately been established at York, in
Upper Canada.[5]
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