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Photocopies of "Spring Walks"
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1853-1854 (Creation)
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- Barker, Edward John
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1 folder of textual records
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BARKER, EDWARD JOHN, doctor, publisher, and editor; b. 31 Dec. 1799 at Islington (now part of London), England, son of William Barker and Margaret Greenwood; m. first in 1821 Elizabeth Phillips (d. 1859), and they had 13 children; m. secondly 8 May 1868 Ellen Griffiths; d. 27 April 1884 at Barriefield, near Kingston, Ont.
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This file consists of typescripts and copies of the following walks: 5 April 1853-Commercial importance of Kingston; individual steamers, approximately 940 words; 6 April 1853-Waterfront: misc., approximately 1300 words; 7 April 1853-Waterfront: Quinte Wharf & Steamers, approximately 1220 words; 8 April 1853-Kingston: lack of Concert Hall; Market Tolls, approximately 1080 words; 13 April 1853-Waterfront: wharves, steamers & shippers, approximately 1350 words; 16 April 1853-Hotels; steamers; brief profile of Cape Vincent, approximately 1320 words; 13 April 1854-The Grand Trunk: its works at Kingston Mills, etc., approximately 1755 words; 17 April 1854-Mr. Counter’s Ship Yard & Marine Railway, approximately 1190 words; 21 April 1854-The hotels and saloons of Kingston, approximately 1980 words; 24 April 1854-Hatter’s Bay “and thereabouts”, approximately 1480 words; 27 May 1854-Waterfront: wharves & wharfingers; proposal re small bay north of Cataraqui Bridge, approximately 2110 words; 6 May 1854-The sights of Kingston, approximately 2150 words; 15 May 1854-The manufactories of Kingston, approximately 1720 words; 19 May 1854-Waterfront: the steamboats, approximately 2200 words.