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Photocopies of "Spring Walks"
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1855 (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: 7 April 1855-Activities on the waterfront and in Portsmouth; misc. details re Penitentiary and Morton’s Brewery; Easter meat in the Market, approximately 2060 words; 12 April 1855-Waterfront: the Harbour and Shipping, approximately 1150 words; 14 April 1855-Waterfront: the wharves, approximately 1690 words; 21 April 1855-The new buildings of Kingston, approximately 1400 words; 23 April 1855-Founderies, manufactories, etc., approximately 980 words; 24 April 1855-Founderies, manufactories, etc., cont’d, approximately 920 words; 3 May 1855-Waterfront: continuation of Walk of 14 April; para. re Penitentiary Cabinet Warehouse, approximately 640 words; 12 May 1855-Waterfront: the steamboat trade; para. re Quinte boats omitted, approximately 1210 words; 19 May 1855-Retail businesses, approximately 2150 words; 7 June 1855-Hotels, inns and saloons (interesting para. re illegal liquor outlets); concluding para. re the Horsey Brothers, metal workers, approximately 1450 words.