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Title	Newfoundland Patriot (02 February 1839)
Alternative Title	Patriot and Terra Nova herald
Editor	Parsons, Robert John, d.1883
Publisher	R. J. Parsons
Place of Publication	St. John's, NL
Date	1839
Description	The Patriot and Terra Nova Herald, initially named Newfoundland Patriot and undergoing several other minor name changes along the way, ran from 1833 to 1890. Editor and proprietor Robert J. Parsons was a Protestant member of the Liberal party, a longstanding Member of the House of Assembly, and closely linked to Catholics in the city. As such, the paper contains a great deal of Irish and Catholic news, and represents the political views of his faction. He died in 1883. (Kathleen M. Winter, "Patriot and Terra Nova Herald, " Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, vol. 4, 233-4.)
Subject	Canadian newspapers--Newfoundland and Labrador--St. John's
Physical Description	4 p. : ill.
Note	Alternative title from the more familiar name adopted in 1842.
Location	Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador
Time Period	19th Century
Local Call Number	AP 5 N48 V.2 NO.5 1839 FEB. 2 RARE
Type	Text
Resource Type	Periodical
Format	Image/jpeg; Application/pdf
Record Number	CNS-N0006
Language	Eng
Collection	Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Newspapers
Repository	Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
Source	Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies.
PDF File	(24.07 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/cns_news/Patriot02Feb1839.pdf