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A Mind at Sea: Henry Fry and the Glorious Era of Quebec's Sailing Ships
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A Mind at Sea: Henry Fry and the Glorious Era of Quebec's Sailing Ships
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The British-born Henry Fry (1826-1896) was a ship-broker, ship owner and commission merchant based in Quebec City. Between 1856 and 1877, he was Lloyd's of London agent for the St Lawrence River below Montreal (Sorel to Gaspé). As a member, then president (1868-1871), of the Quebec City Board of Trade, and President of the Dominion Board of Trade (1872 and 1873), Fry was at the epicentre of wealth and influence. Meanwhile, the Port of Quebec was often the scene of raw criminality, and Fry fought vigorously against such practices as the kidnapping of sailors and the dangerous practice of deck loading. Some time after 1890, Fry appears to have moved to Sweetsburg (now part of Cowansville), in the Eastern Townships, where he wrote a memoir, essays, and the History of North Atlantic Steam Navigation, With Some Account of Early Ships and Shipowners, published in 1896 in London (Sampson Low, Marston and Company).
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Toronto, ON
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Dundurn Press
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2013
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256p.
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en
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978-1-4597-1929-3
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Fry's History of North Atlantic Steam Navigation, With Some Account of Early Ships and Shipowners is available on-line at: https://archive.org/details/historyofnorthat00fryhrich/page/n10 |
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Fry, John. A Mind at Sea: Henry Fry and the Glorious Era of Quebec’s Sailing Ships. Toronto, ON: Dundurn Press, 2013.
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