Stewart, John

This small collection consists of two separate accessions: the first is number of official documents concerning His Majesty's forces in Newfoundland written to John Stewart, between 1809 and 1816, in his capacity as Deputy Paymaster General in St. John's. The second accession consists of t...

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Main Author: Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: 1994
Subjects:
Newfoundland
Online Access:http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/97
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spelling ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:ead/97 2023-12-31T10:19:17+01:00 Stewart, John Riggs, Bertram G., 1954- 1994 text/xml http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/97 eng eng Finding Aids of the Archives and Special Collections MF-122 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/ead/id/97 Archives and Special Collections Original held in Archives and Special Collections. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Text Finding Aid 1994 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:23Z This small collection consists of two separate accessions: the first is number of official documents concerning His Majesty's forces in Newfoundland written to John Stewart, between 1809 and 1816, in his capacity as Deputy Paymaster General in St. John's. The second accession consists of two personal letters written by Stewart. These letters provide first-hand accounts of the fires which razed St. John's in November 1817. They illustrate the plight of the workers and their families, who, having just come through a bad fishing season, which resulted in little pay for their labours, were facing the possibility of a winter without food and shelter. Text Newfoundland Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI)
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description This small collection consists of two separate accessions: the first is number of official documents concerning His Majesty's forces in Newfoundland written to John Stewart, between 1809 and 1816, in his capacity as Deputy Paymaster General in St. John's. The second accession consists of two personal letters written by Stewart. These letters provide first-hand accounts of the fires which razed St. John's in November 1817. They illustrate the plight of the workers and their families, who, having just come through a bad fishing season, which resulted in little pay for their labours, were facing the possibility of a winter without food and shelter.
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author Riggs, Bertram G., 1954-
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title_full Stewart, John
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Original held in Archives and Special Collections.
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections
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MF-122
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