Collection search - WO 44. Ordnance Office In-Letters [textual record (chiefly microform)]

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WO 44. Ordnance Office In-Letters [textual record (chiefly microform)]

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Series

Date:

1788-1856.

Reference:

R14028-3-1-E, MG13-WO44

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105238

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War Office fonds

WO 44. Ordnance Office In-Letters
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Series includes:

16 lower level description(s)
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Date(s):

1788-1856.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

130 microfilm reels.
1 cm of textual records (45 p.) : transcripts and photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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War Office 44 consists of 732 bundles and volumes of letters addressed to the Ordnance Office from officers of the Royal Engineers and Royal Artillery as well as by government officials and private individuals involved in matters which concerned the Ordnance Office. The National Archives has copied selections from the in-letters addressed to the Ordnance Office relating to the Rideau Canal, Barracks and Ordnance Lands in British North America, and a wide variety of questions of direct and indirect concern to the Ordnance Office. Arrangement is partly by districts, e.g. Canada, Halifax, Newfoundland, Quebec, partly by government departments; e.g. Admiralty, Colonial Office, Treasury, War Office, etc., and partly by subjects, e.g. Artillery, Barracks, Clothing, Engineers, Field Train, Inventions, Laboratories, General Orders, Services of Officers and Men, Surveys, etc.

The photocopies, 25 pages, and the transcripts, 20 pages are available on microfilm reel C-12586. Original microfilmed records of WO 44 are located on microfilm reels: B-217, B-218, B-1293 to B-1352, B-1417 to B-1438, B-1940, and B-3456 to B-3462.

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Great Britain. Board of Ordnance

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Great Britain. Board of Ordnance : The Master General of the Ordnance, whose office dated from 1483, worked with other officials on a Board of Ordnance, frequently known as the Ordnance Office. It is the oldest of the offices whose records are included in the War Office group at the Public Record Office. One of the important early duties of the Ordnance, which remained so until the middle of the nineteenth century, was to supply weapons and ammunition to both the army and the navy. Even when there was no requirement for a permanent administrative organization to oversee military affairs, there did exist a need for an authority to supervise the procurement, maintenance, storage, and issue when necessary, of the nation's ordnance. This use of a common ministry of supply resulted in some beneficial standardization while reducing the opportunities to bid up prices. The Board of Ordnance also had charge, for most of its existence, of the artillery and engineer corps, fortifications, and barracks although the last category was administered by a separate Barrackmaster General from 1793 to 1822. General Inventory Manuscripts, Volume 2, MG11-MG15, Ottawa, 1976.

Great Britain. Public Records Office online catalogue: 1584

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Textual records (Electronic) Finding Aid No. 90, British Records on Microfilm, includes a microfilm shelf list for WO 44: reel numbers, volume numbers, outside dates, and general subject matter. MSS0090 (90: Open)

Textual records (Microform) A list of items microfilmed from volumes 239 to 732 is also available on microfilm reel B-3456. (90: Open)

Textual records (Electronic) Finding Aid No. 342 includes reel numbers, volume numbers, outside dates and subject matter. In addition, there is a detailed description of the documents copied in the class WO 44. Moreover, there is a list which was used to guide the camera operators in London, England, at the time of filming of records of Canadian interest in WO 44. MSS0342 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001419.pdf

(Electronic) Les documents décrits ont été complètement ou en partie numérisés et sont disponibles à l'adresse suivante : (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105238?usrlang=en

(Electronic) For a link to the digitized images, please see the "Finding aid" section of this record. (90: Open)
http://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_mikan_105238?usrlang=fr
Subject heading:

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Rideau Canal (Ont.)

Canada - History, Military

Canada - History - War of 1812 - Prizes, etc

Great Britain. Army - Canada, 1788-1797, 1812-1856 Halifax (N.S.), 1812-1855

Great Britain. Army - Colonial forces - Canada, 1788-1797, 1812-1856 Great Britain. Army. Royal Engineers, 1826-1855

Great Britain - Armed Forces - Management, 1788-1797, 1812-1856 Great Britain. Army. Royal Artillery, [1826-1855]

Great Britain. Army - Ordnance and ordnance stores, [1788-1797, 1812-1856] Chesapeake (Ship), 1815

Great Britain. Army - Ordnance facilities, [1788-1797, 1812-1856] James Wolfe, 1838, 1855

Ordnance - Canada, [1788-1797, 1812-1856] Great Britain. Admiralty, [1832-1855]

Ordnance - Quebec, 1812-1824 Great Britain. Colonial Office, [1832-1855]

Ordnance - Great Britain, [1788-1797, 1812-1856] Great Britain. War Office, [1832-1855]

Canals - Ontario, [1826-1855] Great Britain. Treasury, [1832-1855]

Waterways - Canada, [1826-1855] Great Britain. Solicitor General, [1832-1855]

Crown lands - Canada, [1826-1855] Great Britain. Army. Commander-in-Chief, 1821-1850

Military establishments - Canada, [1826-1855]

Military engineering - Canada, 1826-1855

Land claims - Canada, [1826-1855]

Kingston (Ont.) - Defences, [1826-1855]

Montreal (Quebec) - Defences, [1826-1855]

Great Britain - Armed Forces - Officers, 1812-1855

Ordnance - Nova Scotia, 1812-1855

Ordnance - New Brunswick, 1812-1855

Ordnance - Newfoundland, 1812-1855

Great Britain - History - War of 1812 - Naval operations, 1815

Capture at sea, 1815

United States - Relations - Great Britain, 1815

Seizure of vessels and cargoes

Ships - United States, 1815

Great Britain. Army - Officers, 1812-1855

Ordnance service - Canada, [1788-1797, 1812-1856]

Military reserves - Canada, [1826-1835]

Soldiers - Canada - Billeting, 1838, 1855

Soldiers - Great Britain - Billeting, 1838, 1855

Ordnance officers - Great Britain, 1788-1797, 1812-1856

Ordnance officers - Canada, 1788-1797, 1812-1856

Military uniforms - Conservation and restoration, 1838, 1855

Signals and signaling, 1844

Great Britain. Army - Signaling, 1844

Great Britain - Officials and employees, 1826-1855

Great Britain - Armed Forces - Military construction operations, 1827-1855

Executive departments - Great Britain, 1832-1855

Great Britain. Army - Reserves, [1826-1835]

Great Britain - Armed Forces - Barracks and quarters, 1827-1855

Great Britain. Army - Barracks and quarters, 1827-1855

Great Britain. Army - Nova Scotia, 1812-1855

Ordnance - United States, 1815

Inventions - Canada, 1816, 1943

Sleighs and sledges - Canada, 1943

Ordnance - Research, 1816

Rocketry - Canada, 1847

Great Britain. Army - General orders (Military science), 1821-1850

Firearms - Canada, [1815, 1816, 1843-1947]

Artillery - North America, 1813, 1816, 1818, 1832, 1851-1855

Barracks - Construction and maintenance, 1827-1851

Firearms - Canada - Design and construction, 1816

Military weapons - North America, 1813, 1816, 1818, 1832, 1851-1855

Military buildings - Canada, 1827-1851

Great Britain - Armed Forces - Buildings, [1788-1797, 1812-1856]

James Wolfe, 1727-1759 - Clothing, 1838, 1855

Great Britain - Relations - United States

Canada War of 1812

Canada 1812, Guerre de

Canada Seven Years' War, 1755-1763

Canada 1755-1763 (Guerre de Sept Ans)

Plains of Abraham, Battle of the, Québec, 1759

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne

Canal Rideau (Ont.)

Great Britain. Army. Master General of H.M. Ordnance, [1832-1855]

Nova Scotia 19th century

Nouvelle Écosse 19e siècle
Source:

Private

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MG13-WO44
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Textual records: microform

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B-1293--B-1352;

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B-1417--B-1432;

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B-1434--B-1438;

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B-218;

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B-3456--B-3462;

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Textual records

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Volume [MG13 W.O. 44]

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15;

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264;

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Finding aid box [FA 342] 38

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Microfilm reel

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B-1433;

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B-217;

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C-12586;

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