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Illustrations Following page 238 1. "A View of His Majesty's Dockyard at Halifax 21 May 1760 ... with Penzance lying at the jetty head," Royal Ontario Museum, 958.97, 70CAN31 2. "Plan of His Majesty's Careening Yard at Halifax Surveyed by William Lloyd in August 1761," NA, H3/250/Halifax/1761 3. "New Store Propos'd/' 1770, and cross-section of yard wall,PRO, ADM106/1179. Cross-section of painters' shed, 13November 1807, NMM,HAL/A/1 4. "Plan and View of the Nav[a]lYard at Halifax, Nova Scotia," inscribed on back: "Hon Hugh Palliser, 30 Sept 1771," NMM, LAD/11/51,neg. B994 5. "A View of His Majesty's Naval Yard from the Dartmouth Shore, Elevation of Buildings; View from the West Side of the Yard and General Plan," c.1771, NMM, LAD/11/52, neg. B995 6. "Halifax Harbour" J.F.W DesBarres, AtlanticNeptune, II, pt. 1#48, NA, NMC-134837 [detail of newly-erected defences at naval yard, c.1776] 7. "Halifax Harbour," J.F.W. DesBarres, AtlanticNeptune, II, pt. 1#48, NA, NMC-134837 [detail of Anson at the careen] 8. "Plan of the Naval Dockyard at Halifax," 1784, Capt. Charles Blaskowitz, NA, H2/250/Halifax/[1784] 9. "The Careening Yard, Halifax, Oct 5-25,1786," James S. Meres, in log of Pegasus, 141, NA, c-002557 10. "Plan of Her Majesty's Careening Yard at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Established in 1759. Surveyed and Planned by John G. Toler in vi Illustrations May 1815, copied by James MacKenzie, 1839," AdmiraltyLibrary, PfoB23 11. "View of Halifax from Davis's Mill, 1800," George I. Parkyns, NA, c-040311 [detail of naval hospital] 12. "View from Fort Needham near Halifax," 29 April 1801, George I. Parkyns, NA, c-000984 [detail of naval yard and hospital] 13. "Instructor's Model of Sheer Legs, Halifax Careening Yard"c.1880, MMA, M49.8 14. "Halifax Dockyard Bell," MMA, M60.6.1 15. "Masthouse, 1759-60," Naval Historical Library, DA034NHL-4-16 16. "Storehouse, 1760," Naval Historical Library, DA040NHL-1-28 [South Wing rebuilt in stone, 1768-9] 17. "Capstan House and North Wing, 1760," MCM [rebuilt 1768-9] 18. "Respective Officers" Offices, 1760s," MCM Naval Historical Library, DA034 [pitched roof added at a later date] 19. "New Storehouse, 1771," MCM, Naval Historical Library, DA034 NHL-4-4 20. "Resident Commissioner's House, 1785," MCM, Naval Historical Library, DA034 NHL-3-9 21. "Admiral's House, Halifax NS," NL, CIN, 4 August 1878 22. "Respective Officers' Tenements, 1793," NSARM, acc. 6835 23. "Boatswain's House, 1814," Naval Historical Library, DA034NHL4 -26 24. "Provo Featherstone Wallis, 1813," Robert Field, AGNS, 1979.17 25. "Jacob Hurd," William Johnston, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. 64.114.1 26. Halifax Naval Yard Employment During Periods of War and Peace, 1761-1820 ...

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