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Gilroy, Marion

Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia / a list compiled by Marion Gilroy under the direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  revised Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1980. 188 pages ; 23 cm.

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Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F90 N85 AR2P no. 4 1980

Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 4. Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia. Revised edition, 1980, with index by Wm. G. Dodge-Murphy and Jessie M. (Rumley) Murphy with the support of the Genealogical Committee, Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society. Includes index.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966
Dodge-Murphy, William G.
Murphy, Jessie M.

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Genealogical Committee. Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society

Land grants — Nova Scotia
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia
American loyalists — Nova Scotia

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Davidson, Stephen Eric, 1953-

Birchtown and the Black Loyalist experience : from 1775 to the present / by Stephen Davidson ; photography by Peter Zwicker.  Halifax : Formac Publishing Company Limited, 2019. 88 pages : illustrations (some color), 1 color map, color portraits, 1 color coat of arms ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 B56 D38 2019 - Open Shelf

The experiences of Black Loyalist refugees escaping the American Revolution, based on artefacts and displays at the Birchtown Black Loyalist Centre in Nova Scotia. This book chronicles experiences of African Americans who were part of the influx of Loyalist refugees from the American Revolution. The Black Loyalists were both freed and enslaved Black Americans who had joined the British side. For their loyalty, they were evacuated by the British Navy to Nova Scotia, where they were to receive freedom, land, and provisions. The Black Loyalists landed at a settlement named Birchtown, adjoining the white Loyalist town of Shelburne. On arrival they found virtually no shelter. Many died and others only survived by digging small holes in the ground and fixing logs over top for makeshift huts. Food was extremely scarce. White Loyalists quickly received their land and provisions. It was years before the Black Loyalists received their land grants, and not everyone got a plot. The lands provided proved to be rocky and hard to cultivate. Ultimately many Black Loyalists chose to leave Nova Scotia to go to Sierra Leone, West Africa, founding a new settlement there. Others remained, and their descendants are found in communities across Nova Scotia and beyond. Through images, artifacts, and text, this book tells the story of Birchtown and its residents as well as the larger story of Black Loyalist history, reflecting the research and exhibits in the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre in Birchtown. Includes bibliographical references (page 86) and index.

Zwicker, Peter

Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Black people — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
African Americans — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — Antiquities
African American loyalists — Nova Scotia — Birchtown — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — History
Birchtown (N.S.) — Antiquities

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Brannon, Rebecca

The Consequences of Loyalism : Essays in Honor of Robert M. Calhoon / edited by Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore.  Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2019. xii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E277 C65 2019

Since the 1970s scholars have regarded Robert M. Calhoon as an invigorating and definitive force when it comes to the study of American Loyalism. His decades-long work redefined the Loyalists' role in the American Revolution from being portrayed as static characters opposing change to being seen eventually as reactionary actors adapting to a society in upheaval. Loyalists were central to the Revolution, and Calhoon and these authors argue that they were not so different in ideology from their Patriot neighbors — except occasionally when they were. In The Consequences of Loyalism, Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore seek to provide an understanding of Calhoon's foundational influence and the development continuing in the wake of his prolific career. Includes bibliographic references and index.

Moore, Joseph S.

Calhoon, Robert M. — (Robert McCluer)
American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783

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Raymond, W. O.

Winslow papers, A.D. 1776-1826 / With a new introd. and pref. by George Athan Billias.  Boston : Gregg Press, 1972. x, 732 pages : illus. ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - COX F5254.9 W778 R273 1901 - Cox

Reprint of the 1901 edition printed under the auspices of the New Brunswick Historical Society by Sun Print. Co., St. John, N.B. Consists chiefly of letters to Edward Winslow.

Winslow, Edward, 1746-1815.

American loyalists
New Brunswick — History — Sources.

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Eardley-Wilmot, John

Historical view of the Commission for enquiring into the losses, services, and claims of the American Loyalists, at the close of the war between Great Britain and her colonies in 1783 : with an account of the compensation granted to them by Parliament in / by John Eardley-Wilmot.  London : Printed by J. Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1815. 203 pages : illustrations

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F70 EA7 - Akins

'Their loyalty they kept, their love, their zeal, nor number ...'--Milton. Tables. Includes index.

American loyalists
United Empire loyalists.

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Galloway, Joseph

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.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK DA3 K779 - Akins

American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution — Claims.

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Galloway, Joseph

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.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK DA3 K773 - Akins

American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution — Claims.

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Bunnell, Paul J.

The new Loyalist index / by Paul J. Bunnell.  Bowie, Md. : Heritage Books, 1989. xii, ca. 500 pages ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z6293 B942

Allen, Robert S.

Loyalist literature : an annotated bibliographic guide to the writings on the Loyalists of the American Revolution / by Robert S. Allen.  Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1982. 63 pages ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z1238 A55

United Empire loyalists — Bibliography
American loyalists — Bibliography.

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Hill, Lawrence

The Book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill.  Illustrated edition Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2009. 544 pages.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8565 I444 B66 2009

Shenstone, Susan Burgess

So obstinately loyal : James Moody, 1744-1809 / Susan Burgess Shenstone.  Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000. xiii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321.1 M66 F54 2000 - Open Shelf

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

The Loyalist guide : Nova Scotian loyalists and their documents / compiled by Jean Peterson ; assisted by Lynn Murphy and Heather MacDonald.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1983. 272 pages ; 23 cm.

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Neering, Rosemary

Life of the loyalists / Rosemary Neering, Stan Garrod.  Toronto : Fitzhenry and Whiteside, 1975. 64 pages : colour illustrations

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 N381 - Open Shelf

The Loyal Americans : the military role of the Loyalist provincial corps and their settlement in British North America, 1775-1784 : a travelling exhibition of the Canadian War Museum in collaboration with the New Brunswick Museum / Robert S. Allen, general editor ; Bernard Pothier, coordinator of the exhibition ; Victor Suthren, exhibition designer.  Ottawa : National Museum of Man/National Museums of Canada, 1983. x, 126 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 L923 - Open Shelf

Evans, G. N. D.

Allegiance in America : the case of the Loyalists / edited by G. N. D. Evans.  Reading, Mass : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co, 1969. ix, 197 pages ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 E92 1969 - Open Shelf

American loyalists.

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Evans, G. N. D.

The Loyalists / by G.N.D. Evans.  Vancouver : Copp Clark Pub. Co., 1968. iii, 48 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 E92 - Open Shelf

American loyalists.

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Eleven exiles : accounts of Loyalists of the American Revolution / edited by Phyllis R. Blakeley and John N. Grant.  Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1982. 336 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 E39 - Open Shelf

Crary, Catherine S.

The price of loyalty : Tory writings from the Revolutionary era / narrative and editing by Catherine S. Crary ; drawings by Cecile R. Johnson.  New York : McGraw-Hill, 1973. 481 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 C89 - Open Shelf

American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution — Sources.

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Callahan, North

Flight from the Republic : the Tories of the American Revolution [1st ed.] Indianapolis : Bobbs-Merrill, 1967. xiii, 208 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5069.1 C15 - Open Shelf

American loyalists
United Empire loyalists

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Macleod, Carol

Kings College, Windsor, N.S / by Carol MacLeod. The fur trade on the southern Pacific slope, 1779-1858 / by Carol Macleod.  Ottawa : National Historic Parks and Sites Branch, Parks Canada, 1975. iii, 163 pages ; 28 cm.

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Meyer, Duane Gilbert

The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776 Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1961. viii, 218 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F265 S3 M612

Gilroy, Marion

Loyalists and Land Settlement in Nova Scotia / a list compiled by Marion Gilroy under the direction of D.C. Harvey, Archivist.  Halifax : Public Archives of Nova Scotia, 1937. 154 pages ; 25 cm.

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Public Archives of Nova Scotia Publication No. 4. Published by authority of the Board of Trustees of the Public Archives of Nova Scotia.

Harvey, D.C. (Daniel Cobb), 1886-1966

Public Archives of Nova Scotia

Land grants — Nova Scotia
United Empire loyalists — Nova Scotia
American loyalists — Nova Scotia

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Sabine, Lorenzo

Biographical sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an historical essay / by Lorenzo Sabine.  Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1979. 2 v. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F70 SA1 1979

Reprint of the 2nd edition published in 1864 by Little, Brown, Boston.

American loyalists — Biography.

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Sabine, Lorenzo

Biographical sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution, with an historical essay / by Lorenzo Sabine.  2nd ed. Boston : Little, Brown and Co., 1864. 2 v. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F70 SA1

American loyalists — Biography.

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Maas, David E.

Divided hearts, Massachusetts loyalists, 1765-1790 : a biographical directory / compiled and edited by David E. Maas.  Boston : Society of Colonial Wars in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ; New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1980. xxxiv, 169 pages : facsim. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F67 M414 M111

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