The Free Press: London, Canada
DimensionsOverall: 8.2 x 13.7 cm
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Hazel Miller, 2001
Object number2001.023.001
Label TextWilliam Sutherland established the weekly Canadian Free Press in 1849. Josiah Blackburn purchased the paper in 1852 and renamed it the London Free Press. He published the paper daily from 1855. It stayed in the family through generations of Blackburn’s. In 1997, the Blackburn family sold the London Free Press to Sun Media Corporation.
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