'The voyage of the 73rd Regiment of Foot' consisting of two edited journals of Ensign Alexander Huey...
'The voyage of the 73rd Regiment of Foot' consisting of two edited journals of Ensign Alexander Huey...
'The voyage of the 73rd Regiment of Foot' consisting of two edited journals of Ensign Alexander Huey, May 1809 - April 1810, 29 October 1810 - 21 February 1811
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Full title
Author / Creator
Date
1809-1811
Call Numbers
B 1514
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Language
Australian languages
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Physical Description
Contents
0.025 metres of textual material (2 vols.) - duplicated typescript, photographic copy
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Copyright status : In copyright
Research & study copies allowed : Author has been deceased for more than 50 years
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Scope and Contents
Contents
A journal kept by Alexander Huey describing two voyages he undertook between 1809 and 1811, as an officer in the 73rd Regiment of Foot. The journal commences on 5 May 1809 when the 73rd Regiment of Foot received the order to march from Collwell Barracks, Isle of Wight, to Yarmouth, and there to board the ships “Hindostan” and “Dromedary”. It provid...
Alternative Titles
Full title
'The voyage of the 73rd Regiment of Foot' consisting of two edited journals of Ensign Alexander Huey, May 1809 - April 1810, 29 October 1810 - 21 February 1811
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Microfilm : CY 1388, frames 1 - 42
Photocopy : B 1514 - 2
Digital order no:Album ID : 1063997
Description source
Information transferred from Manuscripts Leaf Catalogue No. 1 (4-19A) as part of the eRecords Project, 2010-2011
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by The Agent General for New South Wales, 56/57, Strand, London WC2, 29 January, 1957
Original held by
Originals in the possession of the MacDonald-Tyler family, Londonderry, Ireland
Administrative / Biographical history
Ensign Alexander Huey was a junior officer of the 73rd Regiment of Foot at the time of the voyages described in the journal. After brief service with the 73rd, Huey retired to become a painter of miniature portraits. It was probably largely because of his admiration for the artist John William Lewin that Huey determined to leave the army and become...
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Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
B 1514
Record Identifier
9AL4oO4Y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/9AL4oO4Y
Other Identifiers
Reference code
923773
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