Fleury Mesplet, 1794
Fleury Mesplet (January 10, 1734 – January 24, 1794) was a French-born Canadian printer best known for founding the Montreal Gazette, Quebec's oldest daily newspaper, in 1778.[1][2]
- ^ Galarneau, Claude. "Mesplet, Fleury", in Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, University of Toronto and Université Laval, 2000, retrieved January 15, 2009
- ^ Steinberg, S. H. (1974). Five Hundred Years of Printing; 3rd ed., revised by James Moran. Harmondsworth: Penguin, 1974, 400 p. (1st ed.: 1955)