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York Herald, 22 Apr 1859, p. 2     Summary report of the last debate on the issue of the sale of liquour.

York Herald, 13 Jan 1860, p. 2     [as written]

York Herald, 17 Feb 1860, p. 2     Notice of an upcoming debate, subject "Protection vs. free trade".

York Herald, 3 Feb 1860, p. 2     Notice of an upcoming debate, subject; Which have suffered most by the white man, the Negro or the Indian.

York Herald, 21 Dec 1860, p. 2     Notice of an upcoming debate, "Do labor-saving inventions improve the condition of the working classes".

York Herald, 16 Dec 1859, p. 2     Announcement of the first debate.

York Herald, 10 Feb 1860, p. 2     Notice of a debate to be held, with the topic of "which suffered most injury by the white man, the Indian or the Negro".

York Herald, 29 Apr 1859, p. 2     Article announcing the upcoming debate on the topic of the sale of alcohol. This popular topic is being debated for the second time.

York Herald, 6 May 1859, p. 2     Review of the last debate on the topic of the sale of alcohol. Entry announced the next debate topic as "Should imprisonment for debt be abolished". The lecture topic at the next meeting will be abou

York Herald, 13 May 1859, p. 2     A review of the previous lecture dealing with the common school system of Canada, delivered by Rev. James Dick. Next meeting's debate topic will be on imprisonment for debt.

York Herald, 14 Dec 1860, p. 2     Notice of an upcoming lecture and debate.

York Herald, 23 Mar 1860, p. 2     Notices of an upcoming debate "Is phrenology to be relied on as a science or not", and examinations at the grammar school.

York Herald, 25 Nov 1859, p. 2     Announces an upcoming meeting. Brick school-house; Title should read: The Committee of the Mechanics' Institute

York Herald, 25 Nov 1859, p. 3     Announcement of an upcoming meeting. Brick school-house

York Commonwealth, 7 Jan 1859, p. 2     Editorial about the art of debating, as citizens prepare for their representatives to re-enter the ring called the legislature. The editorial also serves to promote the Mechanic's Institute and the i

York Herald, 18 Jan 1861, p. 2     Mechanics' Institute Literary and Debating societies

York Herald, 15 Apr 1859, p. 2     Article about the delivery of the lecture and the upcoming debate on the topic of the sale of alcohol.

York Commonwealth, 11 Mar 1859, p. 2     A review of the previos lecture delivered by G.P. McPhillips entitled "The genius and poetry of Sir Walter Scott".

York Commonwealth, 25 Mar 1859, p. 2     A review of the successful debate held on the topic of "Capital Punishment". Entry also announces an upcoming lecture entitled "Money, its uses and appliances"

York Herald, 10 Aug 1860, p. 2     Further details of the campaign speeches of Mr. Perry & Reesor at Stouffville. Perry focused on the consequences of dissolving the Union and the subject of representation by population. Reesor's resp