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James Mackenzie was an Ohio state representative.
Early life[edit]
Mackenzie's father is William Lyon Mackenzie who at that time was a clerk for his mother's general store. His mother was Isabel Reid, a servant to a man named Andrew Mustard in Newton of Balhary. His parents were not married when he was born.[1] He was raised by his grandmother, Elizabeth Mackenzie, while his father travelled throughout Europe and then to Upper Canada.[2] In 1822 he emigrated to Canada to join his father in Canada.[2]
Mackenzie's father William Lyon Mackenzie was a newspaper editor and taught him about the printing business.[3]
During the Types Riot Mackenzie heard a noise from the printing press room. He and his grandmother investigated to discover the rioters destroying the property.[4]
In 1836, James was the printer of William Lyon Mackenzie's newspaper The Constitution[5]
In the mid-1830s Mackenzie was reporting on the debates in the Upper Canada Legislature.[3]
After his father's printer was destroyed following the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion Mackenzie moved to a small town in Upstate New York to begin his own newspaper and printing company.[6]
During the Patriots War Mackenzie participated in attempting to establish a base on Fighting Island.[7]
When his grandmother died in 1839 Mackenzie was living in Lockport (town), New York.[8]
This is a test[edit]
Testing to see how this will affect the draft
References[edit]
- Gates, Lillian F. (1986). "Mackenzie's Gazette: An Aspect of W.L. Mackenzie's American Years [Essays in Canadian Bibliography: Bibliographical Studies in Reprint]". Papers of The Bibliographical Society of Canada. 25 (1). doi:10.33137/pbsc.v25i1.17628. ISSN 2562-8941 – via Scholars Portal Journals.
Son of the firebrand, Chris Raible on ebsco
- ^ Raible 1992, p. 33.
- ^ a b Raible 1992, p. 34.
- ^ a b Kilbourn, William (2008-06-30). The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada. Dundurn. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-77070-324-7.
- ^ Raible 1992, p. 31.
- ^ Sewell 2002, p. 128.
- ^ Kilbourn, William (2008-06-30). The Firebrand: William Lyon Mackenzie and the Rebellion in Upper Canada. Dundurn. p. 101. ISBN 978-1-77070-324-7.
- ^ Gates 1986, p. 120.
- ^ Raible 1992, p. 36-37.