Henry James Friel (1823 – May 16 1869) was mayor of Bytown in 1854 and then of Ottawa in 1863 and 1868-1869.He was born in Montreal of Irish Catholic parents in 1823. His family moved to Bytown which was later renamed Ottawa in 1827. In 1846 he purchased the Bytown Packet a local newspaper with John George Bell. He sold this paper in 1849; it was eventually to become the Ottawa Citizen.
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