John Howe (loyalist)

John Howe was the son of Joseph Howe, a tin plate worker of Puritan ancestry, and Rebeccah Hart. John was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1754. He was a loyalist printer during the American Revolution, a printer and Postmaster in Halifax, the father of the famous Joseph Howe and eventually a Magistrate of the Colony of Nova Scotia.

References

• John N. Grant, "John Howe, Senior: Printer, Publisher, Postmaster, Spy," pp. 24-57, in Eleven Exiles: Accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution, Phyllis R. Blakeley and John N. Grant, eds. (Toronto and Charlottetown: Dundurn Press Ltd., 1982).
• Terrance M. Punch, and Allan E. Marble, "The Family of John Howe, Loyalist and King's Printer" in the Nova Scotia Historical Quarterly, Vol. 6 (September, 1976), pp. 317-327.
• J. Murray Beck, Joseph Howe, Vol. I, Conservative Reformer, 1804-1848 (Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1982).
• J. Murray Beck, Joseph Howe, Vol. II, The Briton Becomes Canadian, 1848-1873 (Kingston and Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1982).
• Isaiah Thomas, The History of Printing In America: with a Biography of Printers & an Account of Newspapers (New York: Weathervane Press, 1970).
• Massachusetts Gazette and Boston Weekly News Letter (microfilm).
• Newport Gazette (microfilm).