Collection search - John Marr fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Record information – Brief
1
John Marr fonds [textual record (chiefly microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1763-[ca. 1771].

Reference:

R5456-0-1-E, MG18-N42

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101278

Context of this record:

Show detail Hide detail

John Marr fonds
Link to this record

Add to My Research

Link to this record

This link identifies the web page describing this particular record. Unlike the temporary link in your browser, this link will allow you to access, and reference, this page in the future. To link to this descriptive record, copy and paste the URL where ever needed (wiki, blog, document).

Sign in

Sign in to start saving records using My Research

Sign in
Record information – Details
Date(s):

1763-[ca. 1771].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.3 cm of textual records (11 p.).
1 microfilm reel negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

Scope and content:

Show detail Hide detail

Fonds consists of the following documents: extracts from a journal kept by Lt. John Marr, R.E., during a journey from Halifax to Lunenburg, N.S., July 1763 (1 microfilm reel, A-575); a letter from John Marr to Lord Cathcart, regarding his third project for the Citadel at Quebec endorsed the same day by Cathcart for the attention of Lord Dartmouth, 9 April 1773 (3 pages); and "Remarks on Lieutenant John Marr's Project No 3 for a Citadel at Quebec...", unsigned but apparently in Marr's hand, ca. 1771 (8 pages).

Fonds also includes two accompanying maps (Proposals 3 and 4).

Provenance:

Show detail Hide detail

Marr, John, d. 1786

Biography/Administrative history:

Show detail Hide detail

Marr, John, d. 1786 : John Marr, a native of Scotland, began his career with the Royal Engineers in 1757. He was posted at Quebec from 1769 to 1779, then he returned to Great Britain. Promoted to the rank of Major in 1783, he spent his last years in Scotland on the invalid list.

Finding aid:

Show detail Hide detail

(No finding aid)

Additional information:

Show detail Hide detail

General note:

The Journal was microfilmed in 1962 from original then held by the Royal United Services Institution and now in the National Army Museum, England.
The two accompanying maps (Proposals 3 and 4) have been catalogued in themCartographic and Architectural Archives Division H3/340/Quebec/(1771) andm1773.

Citation/reference note:

Some appreciation of Marr's work on the fortifications of Quebec is to be found in "Québec, Ville Fortifiée du XVIIe au XIXe siècle" (Editions du Pélican, 1982).

Location of originals note:

The original of the Journal is held by the National Army Museum, England.
Subject heading:

Show detail Hide detail

John Marr - Correspondence, ca.1773 Charles Murray Cathcart, Earl, ca.1773

Fortification - Quebec (Province), 1773 Lord Dartmouth, ca.1773

Military engineering - Quebec (Province), 1773 "Remarks on Lieutenant John Marr`s Project No 3 for a citadel at Quebec", 1771

Military engineer - Quebec (Province), 1773
Source:

Private

Former archival reference no.:

Show detail Hide detail

MG18-N42
Ordering and viewing options

Conditions of access:

Show detail Hide detail

Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [MG18 N 42] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation96 Restrictions vary]

Microfilm reel A-575

[Consultation 90 Open]

Terms of use:

Show detail Hide detail

Container 1 has been withdrawn from circulation. Researchers are required to consult photocopies available in container 2.

You can order materials in advance to be ready for you when you visit. You will need a user card to do this.

Cannot visit us on site? You can purchase a copy to be sent to you. Some restrictions may apply.