thesaurus/cni00057539 Reid, Peter, bookseller, printer and seller of fishing materials, Wick
Reid, Peter, bookseller, printer and seller of fishing materials, Wick
Record IDcni00057539
URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cni00057539
Ultima modifica2014-03-14
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Born Gallowhill, Wick 1809, died 18 February 1886. Set up a printing press in 1832, probably taking over W. Todd's press. Published “The John O'Groat Journal and Caithness Monthly” 1st February 1836. Within 16 months it was a weekly. From 1836-42 it was edited by Benjamin Miller Kennedy. It warmly adopted political reform, free trade, temperance, and non intrusion. Kennedy went to Arbroath and after an interlude was succeeded as editor by John Mackie of Fraserburgh about 1845. In 1850 Mackie broke away and started “The Northern Ensign”.
Maggiori informazioni
date di attività1829-1852
Attivitàbookseller, printer and seller of fishing materials
& newspaper printer (1836 - 1852)
Risorsa on linehttp://www.nls.uk/ Scottish Book Trade Index online (list)
Luogo di attività
Luogo di attivitàWick; Bridge End Pulteney (1829 - 1837)
IntestazioneReid, Peter, bookseller, printer and seller of fishing materials, Wick Usata in: National Library of Scotland, Scottish Book Trade Index
Fonti esterne
Trovato inPigot 1837. — Slater 1852. — Cowan. — John Mowat. 'Books and Printing in Caithness' Records of the Glasgow Bibliographical Society vi 84-94 (1920)