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Thomas Robson Pearson: New Westminster and Vancouver Bookselling Pioneer
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Thomas Robson Pearson: New Westminster and Vancouver Bookselling Pioneer

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Before I continue the story of the British Columbia Stationery and Printing Company and John Bowerman Ferguson, let’s meet the other bookselling partner in the venture: Thomas Robson Pearson. Establishing T.R. Pearson & Co., New Westminster Born in 1858 in Oshawa, Ontario, Pearson came to Victoria in 1877, and then to New Westminster in 1879… Continue reading Thomas Robson Pearson: New Westminster and Vancouver Bookselling Pioneer

George Clarkson of Clarkson & Co., New Westminster Bookseller
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George Clarkson of Clarkson & Co., New Westminster Bookseller

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After Seth Tilley sold his Colonial Bookstore in New Westminster to Victoria’s Hibben & Carswell in 1863, they took on a local partner named George Cubitt Clarkson, who operated the store as Clarkson & Co. Born in Ontario Born in 1843 in Ontario (or Upper Canada, as it was then called), George was the eldest child… Continue reading George Clarkson of Clarkson & Co., New Westminster Bookseller