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Robert Barrie fonds [textual record]
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Record information Robert Barrie fonds [textual record]
Date:1819-1839.Reference:R4151-0-8-E, MG24-F66Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:105348Date(s):1819-1839.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:10 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of correspondence with Lord Aylmer, 1830-1834, 130 pages (volume 1); correspondence, 1818-1834; letter from George Colls, Engineer at the Naval Yard, 26 September 1832, 2 pages (volume 1); photograph copies of correspondence relating to the duties of the acting commissioner and personal correspondence of Barrie to his mother, photocopies 2.5 cm (Volume 2); and a letterbook containing copies of orders and instructions issued by Barrie, 1819-1825 and by Captain H.D. Byng, who commanded in Barrie's absence, 1825-1827, 5 cm (Volume 3).Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Barrie, Robert, 1774-1840 : Robert Barrie was born at Sanquhar, N.B., served in the navy during the Napoleonic Wars and in 1819 was appointed acting commissioner of the dockyard in Kingston. He was responsible for superintending all naval and victualling establishments on the Lakes. In 1827 he became commodore of that station, where he remained until the dissolution of the establishment in 1834. Barrie became a rear-admiral in 1837 and a K.C.B. in 1840.Additional information:Location of originals note:Originals with Royal Military College, Kingston, Ont.Related material:Further papers of Robert Barrie as acting commissioner of H.M. Navy, Kingston are available in MG 24 B 1 Series IV, in RG 8 and in RG 1 E 3.Subject heading:- Military Education
- Great Britain. Royal Navy - Officers, 1818-1839 Matthew, 1830-1834
- Cholera epidemics - Canada, 1832 Lord Aylmer, 1830-1834
- Lower Canada - Politics and government, [1830-1834] George Colls, 1832
- Toronto (Ont.) - History, [1830-1834] H.D. Byng, 1825-1827
- Navy-yards and naval stations, British - Upper Canada, 1818 Isle-aux-Noix, [1819-1839]
- Kingston (Ont.) - Navy-yards and naval stations, 1818-1839 Penetanguishene (Upper Canada), 1830
- Navy-yards and naval stations - Employees, 1818-1839 Grand River (Upper Canada), n.d
- Orders, Preparation of (Military science), 1819-1825 Royal Military College, Kingston (Ont.), 1818-1834
- Navy-yards and naval stations, British - Great Lakes, 1819-1839
- Universities and colleges - Employees, 1818-1839
- Universities and colleges - Administration, 1818-1839
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