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Memoirs of Fred W. Hyndman, R. N., from 1856 to 1871
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Photocopied 1992 (Creation)
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- Hyndman, Frederick W.
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.01 m of textual records
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Hyndman, Frederick W.
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Frederick W. Hyndman was born on 4 September 1841 at Princetown, Prince Edward Island, the fifth son of Robert Hyndman and Anne (McNutt). At the age of fifteen he joined the Admiralty Survey of the Gulf and River of St. Lawrence as assistant to Captain John Orlebar. In May of 1858 he was accepted into the Royal Navy and was returned to the survey to serve on board the "Gulnare" and the "Margaretha Stevenson". He resigned his naval commission briefly in 1864 upon orders to leave the survey but was reinstated and appointed to HMS "Duncan" in which he travelled to the West Indies. After serving a time in Nelson's old ship the "Victory", he was appointed to surveying duties in the Mediterranean aboard HMS "Newport". While on this tour of duty he visited Jerusalem, Crete, Sicily, etc. and attended the formal opening of the Suez Canal. Having contacted malaria in 1869, he retired from the Navy due to ill health in 1870. Returning to Charlottetown he was appointed Marshall of the Vice-Amiralty Court, Secretary to the Board of Commissioners of the P.E.I. Railway (1871-1873), and Provincial Auditor (1876-1879). He also established an insurance business in 1872 which still operates successfully on the Island. From 1880 to 1887 he was also Vice Consul to the United States. In 1873 he married Eliza Nelson of Charlottetown and they had at least four children, Edith, Florence, Walter and John.
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The fonds consists of a short account by Frederick W. Hyndman of his experiences in the Royal Navy from 1856 to 1871 and after. They were reconstructed from his diaries and include recollections of the surveying and laying of a cable between Cape Breton and Newfoundland, the landing of the Atlantic cable at Newfoundland, the Jamaican Rebellion of 1865, the Fenian Raid of 1866, surveying in the Mediterranean, and the opening of the Suez Canal. Also included are descriptions of excursions to Sicily, Carthage, Egypt, Jerusalem and the Holy Land. There is also a brief account of his life in Charlottetown after leaving the navy.
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Original was returned to Mr. Hyndman
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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER
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