Document Record

Creator

King, William Lyon Mackenzie, 1874-1950.

Title

William Lyon Mackenzie collection

Identifier

lac_mikan_98642
MG 24 B 18
R2557-0-8-E
Papers
Politics and politicians
oocihm.lac_mikan_98642

Document source

Library and Archives Canada / Bibliothèque et Archives Canada

Language

English

Description

William Lyon Mackenzie (1795 - 1861) was a Scottish-born Canadian and American journalist and politician. He was the first mayor of Toronto, Upper Canada, and was a leader during the 1837 Upper Canada Rebellion. In 1824, Mackenzie established his most famous newspaper, the Colonial Advocate. After the Rebellion, Mackenzie lived for a time with his family in the United States. His house was recognized as a historic site in 1936 and became a museum. Toronto's William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute was named after him.
This collection consists of correspondence and other papers relating to the Rebellion of 1837 in Upper Canada and other matters, 1818-1868; copies of articles by Mackenzie published in the New York Tribune, 1846-1849; and family papers, 1794-1885, correspondence and business papers, 1818-1868.

URL

https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_98642