A letter to the Earl of Chatham i.e. William Pitt, on the Quebec bill / by William Meredith. London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1774. 36 pages
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Attributed to William Meredith--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Authorship has also been attributed to Thomas Lyttelton, second Baron Lyttelton.
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778.
Quebec Act, 1774
Great Britain — Colonies — Administration — America
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1791.
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A general history of the British Empire in America : containing an historical, political, and commercial view of the English settlements ; including all the countries in North-America, and the West-Indies, ceded by the Peace of Paris / by Mr. Wynne i.e. John Huddlestone Wynne. London : Printed for W. Richardson and L. Urquhart, 1770. 514 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F50 H31 - Akins
Fortia facta patrum ... Virg. Aen. I. 641.
America — Discovery and exploration
United States — History
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France).
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An account of discoveries in the west until 1519, and of voyages to and along the Atlantic coast of North America : from 1520 to 1573 / prepared for the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society by Conway Robinson. Richmond, Va. : Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society, 1848. 491 pages ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Purchas his Pilgrimage : relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, ... declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since / by Samuel Purchas. London : printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1613. 752 pages
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Religions
Geography
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Purchas his Pilgrimage : relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, ... declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since / by Samuel Purchas. 4th ed. London : printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1626.
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Religions
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America — Discovery and exploration.
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Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America : to which is prefixed, a summary of the voyages made by the Russians on the frozen sea, in search of a north east passage : serving as an explanation of a map / translated from the High Dutch of S. i.e. G. Muller ; with the addition of three new maps by Thomas Jefferys. London : Printed for T. Jefferys, 1761. 76 pages
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Discoveries in geography — Russian
Northeast Passage
Northwest Coast of North America.
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 1559-1625
The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities. Collected from the original London : Printed for J. Batley, 1725-26. 6 v. ; 20 cm.
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Latin America — History — To 1600
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish
America — Early accounts to 1600.
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An account of the European settlements in America : in six parts The second edition, with improvements. London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1758. 2 v., 324 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F5 B91 - Akins
Attributed to Edmund Burke--National union catalog pre-1956 imprints. Also attributed to William Burke--Dictionary of national biography. Each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade
America — Discovery and exploration — Portuguese
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish.
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Voyages de découverte au Canada, entre les années 1534 et 1542 : par Jacques Quartier sic, le sieur de Roberval, Jean Alphonse de Xanctoigne, etc. : suivis de la description de Quebec et de ses environs en 1608, et de divers extraits relativement au lie Québec : W. Cowan, 1843. 130 pages
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A part le récit des deux premiers voyages de Cartier, l'ouvrage est traduit de Hakluyt (Hakluyt's Collection of early voyages, travels and discoveries. London, 1810).
Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557
Roberval, Jean François de La Roque, sieur de, 1501?-1560?
Alfonce, Jean, 1484-1544.
Société littéraire et historique de Québec.
First Nations of North America — Canada
New France — Discovery and exploration
America — Discovery and exploration — French.
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The discovery of America by the Northmen in the tenth century : comprising translations of all the most important original narratives of this event / by Joshua Toulmin Smith. 2nd ed. London : William S. Orr & Co., 1842. xii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
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... together with a critical examination of their authenticity; to which is added, an examination of the comparative merits of the Northmen and Columbus.
America — Discovery and exploration — Norse.
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Faucher de Saint-Maurice, Narcisse Henri Edouard
Le Canada et les Basques / trois écrits de M. Faucher de Saint-Maurice, M. Marmette et M. Le Vasseur ; avant-propos du comté de Premio-Real. Québec : A. Côté, 1879. 28 pages
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Marmette, Joseph, 1844-1895
Le Vasseur, N. (Nazaire), 1848-1927
Premio-Real, comte de, 1840-1888.
Basques — Canada
America — Discovery and exploration
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish.
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The discovery of America by the Northmen, in the tenth century / with notices of the early settlements of the Irish in the western hemisphere / By North Ludlow Beamish. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841. 239 pages 22 cm.
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The design of the writer...is to put before the public in a cheap and compendious form, those parts of Professor Rafn's work [Antiquitates americanae] which he considered were likely to prove most interesting to British readers.--pref.
Rafn, Carl Christian, 1795-1864.
America — Discovery and exploration — Norse
America — Discovery and exploration — Irish
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Observations on the fifth article of the treaty with America : and on the necessity of appointing a judicial enquiry into the merits and losses of the American loyalists / Joseph Galloway. London : 1783. 19 pages ; 20 cm.
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American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution — Claims.
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Observations on the fifth article of the treaty with America : and on the necessity of appointing a judicial enquiry into the merits and losses of the American loyalists: with an appendix stating some important facts relative to the conduct of Congress / Joseph Galloway. London : 1783. 19 pages ; 20 cm.
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American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution — Claims.
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Observations on a late state of the nation / Edmund Burke. The fifth edition. London : Printed for J. Dodsley, 1782. 155 pages ; 21 cm.
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Reply to a pamphlet by William Knox, entitled: The present state of the nation. Attributed to Edmund Burke--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Knox, William, 1732-1810. Present state of the nation
Knox, William, 1732-1810. Appendix to the present state of the nation.
Finance, Public — Great Britain
Great Britain — Politics and government — 1760-1789
Great Britain — Colonies — America — Administration
United States — Politics and government — To 1775.
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Considerations relative to the North American colonies London : Printed by Henry Kent . , 1765. 48 pages ; 22 cm.
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Attributed to John Fothergill--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Great Britain — Colonies — America — Administration
United States — Politics and government — To 1775.
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The administration of the colonies London : Printed for J. Wilkie ., 1764. [2], 131 pages ; 19 cm. (8vo)
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By Thomas Pownall. Published anonymously. First edition References: Sabin 64814; TPL 6514. Signatures
Indians — Treatment of — North America
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Sources
Great Britain — Colonies — America — Administration.
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Wo to drunkards : two sermons testifying against the sin of drunkenness / by Increase Mather. 2nd ed. Boston, Mass. : T. Green, 1712. 58 pages
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Sermons, American
Alcohol drinking.
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Christ sent to heal the broken hearted : a sermon preached at the Thursday Lecture in Boston, on October 21st, 1773. When Levi Ames, a young man under the sentence of death for burglary, to be executed on that day, was present to hear the discourse / by Samuel Mather. Boston, Mass. : E. Russell, 1773. 36 pages
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Bishop Cummins on the prayer book : a sermon preached before the annual convention of the church in Kentucky in 1867 / by the Right Rev. Geo. D. Cummins. Saint John : J. & A. McMillan, 1874. 48 pages ; 18 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK B13 C91 - Akins
Also a letter from the Right Rev. Bishop Johns in reply to a letter of withdrawal by the Rev. J.A. Latane ; and extracts from an address of the Right Rev. Bishop Doane in reference to the secession of Bishop Cummins in Kentucky.
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A sermon preached in St. Matthew's church, Boston, on Sunday, June 10, 1838 / by Joseph H. Clinch. Boston, Mass. : Torrey & Blair, 1838. 16 pages ; 20 cm.
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The nature and necessity, of an habitual preparation for death and judgement : a sermon preached at King's-Chapel in Boston, November 21st, 1758, upon the occasion of the death of Charles Apthorp, esq / by Henry Caner. Boston, Mass. : J. Draper, 1758.
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The watchman's answer to the question, what of the night, &c. : sermon preached before the Synod of New York, convened at Newark, in New Jersey, September 30, 1756 / by Aaron Burr. Boston, Mass. : S. Kneeland, 1757. 44 pages
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Swords's pocket almanac New York : Stanford and Swords, 1850.
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Containing lists of the bishops and clergy ... with other statistical information of the Protestant Episcopal church in the Untied States, 1850.
Almanacs, American — Periodicals
Public relations — Churches.
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The New-York pocket almanack New York : Hugh Gaine, 1759.
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