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Ashore and afloat : the British navy and the Halifax naval yard before 1820

Title: Ashore and afloat : the British navy and the Halifax naval yard before 1820 / Julian Gwyn.
Author: Gwyn, Julian, 1937-
Publication: Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2004.

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Description

xvii, 366 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm

Subjects

Genre/Form

History
Military history

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [348]-353) and index.

Contents

pt. 1. Naval Yard complex. Building the Yard, 1758-1783 -- Development and expansion, 1783-1819 -- Hospital complex and admiral's house -- pt. 2. Work force. Officers and their clerks -- Artificers and labourers -- The work of the Yard -- pt. 3. Economic impact. Suppliers and tradesmen -- Mast contractors and wood merchants -- Paying bills and raising cash -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. Halifax Yard establishments, 1763-1815 -- Appendix 2. Halifax Yard workforce, 1761-1820 -- Appendix 3. Naval Yard officers, 1756-1819 -- Appendix 4. Yard returns sent the Navy Board, 1780s -- Appendix 5. Orders for the night watch, 1785.

ISBN

0776630318
9780776630311
0776605739
9780776605739

LCCN

2004484713

OCLC

ocm54500699
54500699
SCSB-1336947

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library