JOSEPH

See also:

• HOWE
• HOWE, EIJAS (1819 — 1867)
• HOWE, JOHN (1630-17o6)
• JOSEPH HOWE (1804–1873)
• HOWE, JULIA WARD (1819–1910)
• HOWE, RICHARD HOWE, EARL (1726-1799)
• HOWE, SAMUEL GRIDLEY (1801-1876)
• HOWE, WILLIAM HOWE, 5TH VISCOUNT (1729-1814)

HOWE (1804–1873)  , Canadian statesman, was born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the r3th of December 1804, the son of John Howe (1752–1835), a United Empire Loyalist whq was for many years king's printer and postmaster-general for the Maritime Provinces and the Bermudas . He received little regular education, and at the age of 13 entered his father's office . In 1827 he started the Acadian, a weekly non-political journa, but soon sold it, and in 1828 purchased the Nova Scotian, which later became amalgamated with the Morning Chronicle . From this date he devoted increasing attention to political affairs, and in 1835 was prosecuted for libelling the magistrates of Halifax . Being unable to find a lawyer willing to undertake his case, he pleaded it himself, and won his acquittal by a speech of over six hours, which secured for Nova Scotia the freedom of the press and for himself the reputation of an orator .