Joseph Woods: The Newfoundland Almanac, For the Year of Our Lord 1858, (Being the Latter Part of the Twenty-First and the Beginning of the Twenty-Second Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria) Containing Astronomical, Statistical, Commercial, Local, and General Information, Derived from the Most Authentic Sources / Compiled, Printed and Published by Joseph Woods

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Joseph Woods : The Newfoundland Almanac, For the Year of Our Lord 1858, (Being the Latter Part of the Twenty-First and the Beginning of the Twenty-Second Year of the Reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria) Containing Astronomical, Statistical, Commercial, Local, and General Information, Derived from the Most Authentic Sources / Compiled, Printed and Published by Joseph Woods

Joseph Woods, St. John’s, NL, 1857.

Contemporary blue paper covers with title printed on upper covers and advertisement printed on lower cover. , Upper cover starting at top section of cover, lower section still firmly bound, minor chipping to edges, spine worn, occasionial marginalia in period hand; otherwise in very good condition, text is clean. A very scarce Newfoundland piece., 8vo. , P. title, 2-60, to the public, contents (2), blank.

Joseph Woods was an editor and printer in St. John’s, Newfoundland, throughout the 19th-century. His paper, the Morning Courier was known for its liberal political undertones which attracted a lot of criticism considering the conservative leaning of the Wesleyan community to which he belonged. This almanac lists the various members of political, judicial, financial, and civil society at the time of publication, as well as several advertisements for local businesses.

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