Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Faculty Publications 2006 Of Printers, Prophets, and Politicians: William Lyon Mackenzie, Mormonism, and Early Printing in Upper Canada Richard Bennett Brigham Young University - Provo,
[email protected] Daniel H. Olsen Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub Part of the History of Christianity Commons, and the Mormon Studies Commons BYU ScholarsArchive Citation Bennett, Richard and Olsen, Daniel H., "Of Printers, Prophets, and Politicians: William Lyon Mackenzie, Mormonism, and Early Printing in Upper Canada" (2006). Faculty Publications. 1444. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/1444 This Peer-Reviewed Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Faculty Publications by an authorized administrator of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Of Printers, Prophets, and Politicians: William Lyon Mackenzie, Mormonism, and Early Printing in Upper Canada Richard E. Bennett and Daniel H. Olsen Well known in both Canadian and Latter-day Saint history is the arrival of Charles Ora Card and his faithful band of followers in southern Alberta in 1887. Less explored is the much earlier ven- ture into Upper Canada (Ontario) of such prominent Mormon leaders as Joseph Smith, Brigham Young, Parley P. Pratt, Orson Pratt, Orson Hyde, and scores of others during the 1830s in their concerted attempts to promulgate their new faith on