They were then collected together and published at Halifax anonymously in 1837, and several editions were issued in the United States. The articles were popular, and were copied by the American press.
SAM SLICK THE CLOCKMAKER SERIES
He next began a series of articles in the ‘Nova Scotian’ newspaper in 1835, writing under the pseudonym of Sam Slick, a Yankee pedlar.
His works were widely circulated, and the Nova Scotia House of Assembly tendered him a vote of thanks for his Historical Account, which he received in person in his place in parliament. In 18 he published histories of his native province. In February 1856 he resigned his office of judge, and removed to England, where he continued to reside to his death. In 1828 he was appointed chief justice of the court of common pleas of Nova Scotia, which place he held to 1840, when the court of common pleas was abolished and his services were transferred to the supreme court, where he commenced his duties 1 Jan. After a short time he entered the legislative assembly as member for the county of Annapolis. He practised at Annapolis Royal, the former capital of Nova Scotia, where he acquired a large and lucrative business. William Otis Haliburton, a justice of the court of common pleas of Nova Scotia, by Lucy, eldest daughter of Major Grant, was born at Windsor, Nova Scotia, in December 1796, and educated at the grammar school and at King's College in his native town. HALIBURTON, THOMAS CHANDLER (1796–1865), author of ' Sam Slick,' only child of the Hon.
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