Erastus Wiman
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Erastus Wiman was a Canadian
journalist and businessman who later moved to the United States
.
Wiman was born in Churchville
, Upper Canada
, now part of Ontario
, on April 21, 1834.
He worked as a reporter for the Toronto Globe and moved into business for R. G. Dunn and Co. He was later transferred to New York
and would become general manager of the company. He became president of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Company of Canada.
He was a proponent of reciprocity, now known as free trade
, between Canada and the United States.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
journalist and businessman who later moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Wiman was born in Churchville
Churchville, Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario
Churchville is a rural hamlet in the south-west corner of Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It is designated as a heritage community under the Ontario Heritage Act.-History:...
, Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
, now part of Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, on April 21, 1834.
He worked as a reporter for the Toronto Globe and moved into business for R. G. Dunn and Co. He was later transferred to New York
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
and would become general manager of the company. He became president of the Great Northwestern Telegraph Company of Canada.
He was a proponent of reciprocity, now known as free trade
Free trade
Under a free trade policy, prices emerge from supply and demand, and are the sole determinant of resource allocation. 'Free' trade differs from other forms of trade policy where the allocation of goods and services among trading countries are determined by price strategies that may differ from...
, between Canada and the United States.