Bartholomew Green Jr. (1699 or 1701 – October 29, 1751) was a son of Bartholomew Green, an colonial American printer of the ''

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'' They were the son and grandson of Samuel Green, respectively. Green married Hannah Hammond in 1724 and they had five children. He apprenticed with his father until he went on his own in 1725. Almost immediately he began printing the ''

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'' which was a rival to his father's ''Boston News-Letter''. He continued to print this newspaper until 1732. He also worked with the firm of Bushell, Allen and Green and developed a reputation for high quality printing. A commission in the British army in 1744 appears to have adversely affected his business and in 1751 Green moved to

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to start a printing office. This became the first printing office in what is now Canada but Green died before it went into newspaper production. One of his partners,

John Bushell John Bushell (March 18, 1715 January 22, 1761) was the first printer in what is now Canada. Biography Bushell was born in Boston, Massachusetts and was apprenticed as a printer there. He subsequently worked for a number of different printers and ...

, actually started the paper that Bartholomew had planned. It was named the ''

Halifax Gazette The ''Halifax Gazette'' was Canada's first newspaper, established on March 23, 1752, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. It was published weekly by John Bushell, who had been carrying out a project that had been initiated by his partner Bartholomew Green ...

''. Green died at Halifax and it appears that his two sons, who were printers, were never involved in the Halifax operation. Green's daughter Mary was the mother of

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.Ellis 1915, p.14

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Chard, Donald F.: ''Green, Bartholomew''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Green, Bartholomew (printer) 1699 births 1751 deaths Colonial American printers People of colonial Massachusetts People from colonial Boston