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Samuel Holmes [textual record]

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Fonds

Date:

May 1814 - June 1815

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R17226-0-X-E, MG40-R110

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Item ID number:

97687

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Samuel Holmes
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Date(s):

May 1814 - June 1815

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

0.047 meter(s)

Language of material:

English

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"A Pedestrian Tour to the Falls of Niagara in Upper Canada", May 1814 - June 1815. A manuscript journal written by Samuel Holmes, M.D., Assistant Surgeon with the 97th (Queen's Own) Regiment, documenting his travels through Upper and Lower Canada. From internal evidence, it would appear that the journal was written sometime after 1818 and may have been intended as an emigrants guide. It is detailed, intelligent and self-consciously literary. The journal begins in May 1814 with the voyage from Cork, Ireland, to Quebec, Lower Canada. Arriving at Quebec in July 1814, Holmes documents his travels by foot from that city to Niagara, Upper Canada, where he joins his regiment. Described are views from the road along the banks of the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario; the many towns, villages, and roadside inns passed; and references to the sites of earlier battles of the War of 1812. British insights into the populace, governments and laws, religious groups, agriculture and climate of Upper and Lower Canada are presented. There are several vivid descriptions of Niagara Falls, and an account of a religious camp meeting. In May 1815, Holmes embarked by boat for Quebec, sailing from there to Portsmouth, England, where the journal ends. Included are several appendices listing: the high and low temperatures for 1 March to 4 April 1815; the salaries attached to the offices of the Provincial Parliament of Upper Canada; administrators of the Government of Upper Canada to 1815; and the prices of articles of provisions before and during the War of 1812. (PRONI, T.1970). Photocopy, 230 pages.

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Northern Ireland. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Samuel Holmes, M.D

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Northern Ireland. Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. Samuel Holmes, M.D : Military Surgeon

Samuel Holmes, M.D., (d.1829) was a military surgeon who saw service with several regiments of the British Army. During the period covered by the journal he was Assistant Surgeon with the 97th (Queen's Own) Regiment.

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Originals with Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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Agriculture - Lower Canada, 1814-1815 Great Britain. Army. 97th Regiment, 1814-1815

Agriculture - Upper Canada, 1814-1815

Great Britain - Army, 1814-1815

Lower Canada - Social life and customs, 1814-1815

Religion - Upper Canada, 1814-1815

Religion - Lower Canada, 1814-1815

Upper Canada - Description and travel

Lower Canada - Description and travel, 1814-1815

Upper Canada - Flora and fauna, 1814-1815

Upper Canada - Meteorological observations, 1814-1815

Upper Canada - Politics and government, 1792-1840

Canada War of 1812

Canada 1812, Guerre de
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1987/0580

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MG40-R110
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