Samuel J. Holland fonds. 1747-1748.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

Samuel J. Holland fonds. 1747-1748.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/437571793

This fonds consists of a 150 page notebook Holland used in 1747 as an artillery officer in the Dutch army. The notebook is bound in vellum and contains tables, memoranda, mathematical calculations, diagrams, recipes for making gun powder, and assorted notes.

3 cm of textual records.

Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 7533651

Dalhousie University, Killam Memorial Library, Dalhousie University Library

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Holland, Samuel, 1728-1801

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cg09mv (person)

Epithet: Prebendary of Chichester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000703.0x00014f Samuel Johannes Holland, born in 1728 in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, was a military officer, politician, and early surveyor of Canada. He began a military career in 1745 with the Dutch Artillery and in 1754 relocated to England where he became a Lieutenant in the Royal Americans. He arrived in North America with the British Army ea...