The troublous year of 1764 saw another innovation almost as revolutionary, compared with the old regime, as the introduction of civil government itself. This was the issue of the first newspaper in Canada, where, indeed, it was also the first printed thing of any kind. Nova Scotia had produced an earlier paper, the _Halifax Gazette_, which lived an intermittent life from 1752 to 1800. But no press had ever been allowed in New France. The few documents that required printing had always been done in the mother country. Brown and Gilmore, two Philadelphians, were thus undertaking a pioneer business when they announced that 'Our Design is, in case we are fortunate enough to succeed, early in this spring to settle in this City [Quebec] in the capacity of Printers, and forthwith to publish a weekly newspaper in French and English.' The _Quebec Gazette_, which first appeared on the 21st of the following June, has continued to the present time, though it is now a daily and is known as the _Quebec Chronicle_. Centenarian papers are not common in any country; and those that have lived over a century and a half are very few indeed. So the _Quebec Chronicle_, which is the second surviving senior in America, is also among the great press seniors of the world. The original number is one of the curiosities of journalism. The publishers felt tolerably sure of having what was then considered a good deal of recent news for their three hundred readers during the open season. But, knowing that the supply would be both short and stale in winter, they held out prospects of a Canadian _Tatler_ or _Spectator_, without, however, being rash enough to promise a supply of Addisons and Steeles. Their announcement makes curious reading at the present day.