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Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Adam Miller & Co.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1863-1879
History
Adam Miller & Co. was a publishing firm. The firm that later became W. J. Gage and Company began in Montreal in 1844 as R. & A. Miller, Booksellers and Stationers. The firm expanded to Toronto in 1860, and in 1863, it became Adam Miller & Co. William Gage was hired as a clerk and bookkeeper in 1874. After Mr. Miller died in 1875, Mr. Gage conducted the business with Mrs. Miller until her retirement in 1878. In 1879, the company changed its name to W. J. Gage & Co.