Mann-ville, Alta., is very proud of the fact that after sixty years inthe printing business he is still going strong. Born in Queens County, N.S., in 1847, he entered theFourth Estate, in May 1862. As Mr. Letson remarks:Those were the days of the Washington Hand Press andthe Inking Roller and when… … et from Boston (where all the paper came from) and beingforced to print the edition announcing the surrender of Gener-al Lee on wrapping paper secured from the local merchants.Mr. Letson still preserves a copy of the first paper he publishedin 1869—a four page, 6 column specimen of the Art of Arts.…
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