Adolphe Jacquies

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Who is Adolphe Jacquies?

Adolphe, Jacquies was a shopkeeper, printer, trade unionist, and newspaper publisher in Quebec City. beginning in 1837, be printed the weekly Le Fantasque paper for Napoléon Aubin. In 1839 he was arrested and his press seized due to the contents of the paper. Following his release the same year he started publishing the Canadian Colonist and Commercial Advertiser. The bi-weekly English paper was published for two years. Jacquies also published the Quebec Argus and printed the Quebec Times.

Jacquies was a key figure in the establishment of the Canadian Typographical Union in 1836.

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on July 23, 2013

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