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Certificates of partnerships registered at the Registry Office, Toronto, in the County of York. Arranged chronologically.

1. William Walter Copp and Henry Jame Clark (merchants). Booksellers, stationers, printers, lithographers, and bookbinders, firm of Copp, Clark and Co. Registered 2 February 1870 (partnership began on 1 April 1863).
2. James Dudley and John Burns. Printers and publishers, firm of Dudley and Burns. Registered on 10 February 1870 (partnership began on 1 September 1866).
3. Graeme Mercer Adam and John Horace Stevenon. Wholesale and retail booksellers and publishers, firm of Adam, Stevenson and Co. Registered on 28 February 1870 (partnership began on 1 June 1867).
4. Henry Bradstreet, Catharine Hartt Ranney, Mary Bradstreet Hoffman, and Lorena Bradstreet Keese. American mercantile agents, firm of J.M. Bradstreet & Son. Registered on 2 May 1870.
5. James Campbell and William Cooper Campbell. Wholesale booksellers and stationers, firm of James Campbell & Son. Registered on 22 June 1870 (partnership began on 1 April 1865).

6. William Walter Copp, Henry Jame Clark (booksellers) and Charles Fuller (lithographer). Stationers, booksellers, printers, bookbinders, and lithographers, firm of Copp, Clark and Co. Registered on 23 June 1870 (partnership began on 1 June 1870).
7. John Ross Robertson and James Beaty Cook. Printers and publishers, firm of Roberston Cook. Registered on 24 June 1870 (partnership began on 21 May 1866).
8. Anne Lovell, widow of James Lovell of the firm Lovell and Gibson, since the death of her husband in May 1868, has carried on a business as printers, publishers, and bookbinders, firm of A. Lovell and Company. Registered on 25 June 1870.
9. Robert Graham Dun, Charles Barlow, Mathias B. Smith, and Erastus Wiman. Mercantile agents from New York, firm of Dun Wiman and Company. Registered on 11 July 1870 (partnership began on 1 January 1866).
10. Donald Murray, John Rollo Middlemiss, and Charles Baillie. Commercial agents at Montreal with a branch establishment in Toronto, firm of Murray Middlemiss & Co. Registered on 5 September 1871.

11. Robert Burns Willing and William Williamson. Retail booksellers and stationers, firm of Willing and Williamson. Registered on 1 January 1872 (partnership began on 1 August 1871).
12. Henry Bradstreet, Catharine F. Ramsey, Mary Bradstreet Hoffman, and Lorena Bradstreet Keese. American mercantile agents, firm of J.M. Bradstreet & Son. Dissolution of partnership on 15 January 1872.
13. Henry Bradstreet, Mary Bradstreet Hoffman, and Lorena Bradstreet Keese. American mercantile agents, firm of J.M. Bradstreet & Son. Registered on 15 January 1872.
14. James Thomas Rolph, David Smith (engravers), and Frank Rolph (gentleman). Engravers and lithographers, firm of Rolph Smith and Company. Registered 9 October 1873 (partnership began on 1 September 1873).
15. Samuel Richmond Hart and Thomas Wilby Rawlinson. Booksellers, stationers, printers, and bookbinders, firm of Hart & Rawlinson. Registered on 15 June 1874 (partnership began on 20 December 1873).

16. James Bain and John Bain. Booksellers, firm of James Bain and Son. Registered on 24 October 1874 (partnership began on 1 October 1874).
17. Robert James Belford and Alexander Beaty Belford. Book publishers, firm of Belford Brothers. Registered on 4 December 1875 (partnership began on 19 October 1875).
18. Colin McArthur and Canniff Haight. Paper stationers, wall paper merchants, and manufactures’ agents, firm of McArthur & Haight. Registered on 29 March 1876 (partnership began on 4 January 1876).
19. Charles Belford and Alexander Beaty Belford. Book publishers, firm of Belford Brothers. Registered on 7 October 1876 (partnership began on 2 October 1876).
20. James Barber jr. and John Fitzgallen Ellis (merchants). Wholesale stationers and book dealers, firm of Barber & Ellis. Registered on 2 December 1876 (partnership began on 1 June 1876).

21. John Morrow Might and Charles William Taylor. Publishers, firm of Might and Taylor. Registered on 22 December 1876 (partnership began on 4 July 1876).
22. Frederick Brigden and Henry Blenkarne Beale. Wood engravers, firm of The Toronto Engraving Company. Registered 10 January 1877 (partnership began on 5 January 1877).
23. William James Gage and George Beatty. Publishers, firm of Adam Miller and Company. Registered on 14 May 1877 (partnership began on 1 May 1877).
24. William James Gage and Mary Anne Miller, formerly the only members of Adam Miller & Company. Publishers and stationers, firm of Adam Miller & Co. Registered on 14 May 1877 (partnership began on 1 May 1877).
25. Alexander Buntin and John Young Reid (merchant). Whole stationers, firm of Buntin Brothers and Company. Registered on 8 May 1878 (partnership began on 1 April 1878).

26. Robert Carswell, Charles Frankish, William Edwin Collins, and Arthur Poole. Law booksellers and publishers, firm of Carswell and Company. Registered on 2 November 1878 (partnership began on 1 October 1878).
27. Andrew Francis Mercer (gentleman) and Maxwell Johnston (printer). Ornamental job printers, firm of Mercer and Johnston. Registered on 18 November 1878 (partnership began on 9 September 1878).


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