John Bowker fonds [textual record]
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John Bowker fonds [textual record]
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Record information John Bowker fonds [textual record]
Date:1818.Reference:R4221-0-2-E, MG24-F110Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:100239Date(s):1818.Place of creation:No place, unknown, or undeterminedExtent:4 cm of textual records.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Fonds consists of correspondence, mainly of Bowker's instructions to the captains and other staff of the Newfoundland Squadron on routine naval matters, and reports to the Commissioners and Victuallers of the Royal Navy on policy, administration, and provisioning, dated 25 February to 18 July 1818. Items of special interest include letters on grants of emergency relief to the local civilian population, instructions for the monitoring of French and American activities in the Newfoundland and Labrador fisheries, and correspondence on the transfer of parts of the 98th Regiment to Nova Scotia and Europe.Provenance:Additional name(s):Biography/Administrative history:Bowker, John, 1770-1850? : Bowker entered the Royal Navy in 1785 and for the next twenty years served on a number of different ships in the Mediterranean and the West Indies. In 1807, he was raised to the rank of Commander, and in about 1815 was appointed flag-captain to Francis Pickmore, Governor of Newfoundland. From Pickmore's death of February 24, 1818 until the arrival of Sir Charles Hamilton, the new governor, on July 20, 1818, Bowker acted as governor pro tempore. He remained so until his return to England the next year. He retired at Plymouth and was appointed a captain of Greenwich Hospital in 1844.Additional information:General note:Received in 1983.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG24-F110 -
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