The St. Catharines Journal was a semi-regular newspaper published weekly in the 1800s. Articles and attitudes in this newspapers were often reflective of common attitudes of white settlers during this time period, meaning that most prejudices and colonialist ideas went unquestioned. These digitized newspapers are hosted for the purposes of education on historical periods. Brock does not endorse any of the views contained within them.

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  • St. Catharines Journal

    The Farmers Journal from Welland went on to form the British American Journal. By 1835 the name was changed again, and the paper ran at the St. Catharines Journal from 1835-1915 (approximately).

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  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-04-30)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Argument against allowing the church to get more land and put taxes on the people living in them; More on the Provincial Union bill; Damages of the fire in Kingston; Brock’s monument blown up; List of boats on the Welland Canal and the rate of tolls;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-04-23)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Letters on how many British armed vessels have been on the lakes above Detroit; Many articles on the U.S.-Canada border issue; British governor General of India declares war against China; Fire in Kingston; “Great Meeting of Coloured People”, with resolutions on slavery in the U.S. and segregation & discrimination in Canada;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-04-09)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); U.S.- Canada border issue continues to escalate, defenses are constructed; Various articles on good taste and lifestyle;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-04-02)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Letter from Lord John Russel against the ‘responsible government’ movement; Updates on the Clergy Reserve and Provincial Union bills; Article arguing that trade cannot be limited by the Chinese government; Various articles on currencies and counterfeits in Canada; Meetings of the Especial District and the Loyal Orange Institution;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-03-26)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Updates from the Parliament of Upper Canada, including a debate on the food trade with the U.S., and on the timber trade; “The Probabilities of War”, on the U.S.-Canada border issue;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-03-19)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Image of Queen Victoria before marriage, with an account of the wedding; “Warlike Movement in the British Provinces”, regarding more of the Maine-New Brunswick border issue; Various articles on recent matters, such as Temperance reform in Ireland, a meteor in Bermuda, dungeons found in New Orleans;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-03-12)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Further discussion of responsible government and various articles on political moves made regarding it; Racist articles on using bloodhounds to kill Native Americans in Florida; Investigations into the causes of steamboat explosions, especially the Lexington; Further discussion of responsible government; Details on a recent performance by the St Catharines Amateur Theater group; Short story “The Old English Squire”;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-02-27)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Editorial discussion regarding the Clergy Reserve bill and other’s opinions regarding that bill; Many counterfeited copper coins in circulation; Update on issues with Upper Canada college funds; Various articles on health and lifestyle;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-02-13)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Updates from the Parliament of Upper Canada, including a prorogation and a related speech from the Governor General; George Keim asks the U.S. president to pardon Mackenzie; Editorial on responsible government and the Gov. Gen.’s speech; “Chronicles of Canada, part Fifth”, with more letters from Robert Gourley to various government figures regarding the trial of Andrew Muir; Charles Green proposes to cross the Atlantic in a hot-air balloon;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-02-06)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Updates from the Parliament of Upper Canada, mainly concerning fines levied against non-citizens and certain religious groups; A summary of a series of letters between the British Minister and the U.S. Secretary of State regarding the Canada- U.S. border issue; Level of business on the Oswego canal; “Chronicles of Canada, Part Fourth”, on various township meetings regarding a Constitution for Canada;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-01-30)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Address from the Upper Canada parliament regarding the union of the provinces to the Queen; British army posts have been put up along contested Canada-U.S. border, causing heightened tensions; Bill Johnston convicted; More on the sinking of the Lexington and the survivors; ”War between the Chinese and the English”, on tensions at Canton; St Catharines amateur theater going well; “Chronicles of Canada, Part Second”
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-01-23)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); The steamboat Lexington sinks; Slaves on the Amistad will likely be sent home; Patriots arrested; Clergy reserves bill continues through parliament; Resolutions from the Township of Grimsby meeting, generally regarding the union of the provinces; Editorial on ‘religions instruction’ and the clergy reserves; “Chronicles on Canada, Part First”, with letters from Robert Gourley to Francis Head and other significant figures;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-01-16)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Updates from the Parliament of Upper Canada, including a bill for the disposal of the Clergy Reserves; Editorial on religious equality; Various articles on useful tools and inventions;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-01-09)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); In Britain, the Queen announces her marriage to Prince Albert and issues continue with the Chartists; Some articles on 'Hunter’s Lodges” on whether they are inciting rebellion; “Message on the Clergy Reserves” and responses; Speech regarding the Canada- U.S. border issue;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1840-01-02)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Update from the Parliament of Upper Canada, including items on the union of the provinces and on Lord Durham’s report; Further discussion by other newspapers on the union, including a letter and reply from the Governor General; “Insurrection of the Chartists, in South Wales”; Commission regarding boundary issue with U.S. returns information on where boundary should be; “Rebellion in New York”, due to overly high rents;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1839-12-19)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); “Tory Domination – New Elections”; Updates from the Parliament of Upper Canada, including a bill that would ban certain people from voting, especially those associated with a ‘Hunter’s Lodge’; Editorial regarding Hunter’s Lodges and traitors; Town Meeting in Pelham; Letters to and from the new Bishop of Toronto ; In United States, Albany, tenants quit paying rent, resulting in armed conflict; More on the Opium trade in China;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1839-12-12)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Updates from the Parliament of Upper Canada, with a message from the Governor General on the union of Upper and Lower Canada; Rescue at Niagara Falls;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1839-12-09)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); More on the union of Lower and Upper Canada, including the article “The Way to Improve the French Canadians”, on making sure they speak English; Letter from John Russell to the Governor General on responsible government; Updates from the Parliament of Upper Canada; Editorial on the Gov. Gen’s speech and John Russel’s letter; Various articles on temperance;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1839-12-05)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); “Important from Canton”, on the destruction of imported opium; Governor General likely to abide by Durham’s report; Various articles on Gov. Gen. Thomson’s character; Address from Gov. Gen to Upper Canada Parliament; Editorial on this address and on the union of upper and lower Canada; Meeting of St Ander’s Society of St Catharines; Short story “Old Clay –Fire in the Dairy”, in the Samuel Slick series;
  • St. Catharines Journal

    Leavenworth, Hiram (1839-11-28)
    Description of various items for sale (property lots, ads for other goods and services); Arrival of the Governor General in Toronto and addresses to him, with reply; Ireland has very poor harvest; Editorial “Durhamism not Republicanism”; Merritt faces opposition from those against government reform; Clinton town meeting; Various articles on lifestyle and culture;

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