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Thomas, Peter

Master and Madman : the surprising rise and disastrous fall of the Hon. Anthony Lockwood, RN / Peter Thomas and Nicholas Tracy.  Fredericton, NB : Goose Lane, 2012. xvi, 272 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, facsim., maps ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2471.1 L817 T461 2012 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tracy, Nicholas

Great Britain — Royal Navy — Officers — Biography
New Brunswick — History

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Woolaver, Lance

Maud Lewis : the Heart on the Door / by Lance Woolaver.  Halifax : Spencer Books, 2016. 491 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - ND249 L447 W669 2016

Includes bibliographical references: pages 461-485.

Lewis, Maud, 1903-1970
Lewis, Everett
Painters — Nova Scotia — Biography

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Brenton, Jahleel

Memoir of Captain Edward Pelham Brenton, R.N., C.B. : with sketches of his professional life, and exertions in the cause of humanity, as connected with the Children's Friend Society, &c., observations upon his Naval history, and Life of the Earl of S / by his brother, Vice-Admiral Sir Jahleel Brenton, Bart., K.C.B.  London : James Nisbet and Co., 1842. vii, 359 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK DAB7 - Akins

Philanthropists — Great Britain — Biography.

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Porter, Joseph Whitcomb

Memoir of Col. Jonathan Eddy of Eddington, Me. : with some account of the Eddy family and of the early settlers on Penobscot River / by Joseph W. Porter.  Augusta, Me. : 1877. 72 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F36 Ed2 P83

United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Biography.

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MacGregor, James

Memoir of the Rev. James MacGregor, D.D. : missionary of the General Associate Synod of Scotland to Pictou, Nova Scotia; with notices of the colonization of the lower provinces of British America, and of the social and religious condition of the early set / by his grandson the Rev. George Patterson.  Philadelphia : Joseph M. Wilson, 1859. xv, 533 pages ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F93 M17

Patterson, George

Memoir of the Rev. James MacGregor, D.D., missionary of the General Associate Synod of Scotland, to Pictou, Nova Scotia : with notices of the colonization of the lower provinces of British America, and of the social and religious condition of the early se / by George Patterson.  Halifax : A. & W. Mckinlay, 1859. 533 pages

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F93 M17

Religion — Church history — Biography.

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Comeau, Delbe

Memoires 1905-1949 / Pretre Delbe Comeau.  Yarmouth : Les Editions Lescarbot, 199-. 634 pages : ills., ports. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX1913 C732

Clergy — Biography.

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Beveridge, Harry Dougwell

Memoirs of a blue-nosed sea captain : recollections of a life at sea / by Harry Dougwell Beveridge.  Honolulu, Hawaii : Folk Press, 1986. viii, 67 pages : illustrations, port.; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.364 #15 - Vertical File

Shipmasters — Nova Scotia — Biography

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Stobo, Robert

Memoirs of Major Robert Stobo of the Virginia Regiment / by Robert Stobo.  First edition, London, 1800. The present reprint, edited by N.B. Craig, includes documentary material not found in the original. Pittsburgh : J.S. Davidson, 1854. 92 pages : plan ; 15 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F45 ST6 - Akins

Arma virumque. Attributed to Robert Stobo--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Introd. signed: N.B.C. [i.e. Neville B. Craig].

Craig, Neville B., 1787-1863.

Canada — History — 1713-1763 (New France) — Biography
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Personal narratives.

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O'Brien, Cornelius

Memoirs of Rt. Rev. Edmund Burke, Bishop of Zion, first Vicar Apostolic of Nova Scotia Ottawa, Thoburn, printers, 1894. 3, ii, 154 pages plates, port.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX4650 B959 O13

Catholics — Biography

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McLean, Mattie Terry (Harris)

Memorabilia of a century 1890-1990 / Mattie Terry McLean.  the Author, 1990-. iv, 172 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LB2890 M163 M533

Memories : a project of Shiretown Nursing Home and McCulloch School, Pictou, N.S Pictou : Shiretown Nursing Home and McCulloch School, 1996. ill. ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2345 P53 M46 - Open Shelf

Peach, Earle

Memories of a Cape Breton childhood / Earle Peach.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1990. 130 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5248 C237 P355 - Open Shelf

Black Brook (N.S.) — Biography
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Biography.

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McEwan, J. Richard

Memories of a Micmac life / J. Richard McEwan.  Fredericton, N.B. : Micmac-Maliseet Institute, University of New Brunswick, 1988. xi, 50 pages : illustrations, ports.; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.328 #30 - Vertical File

Edited by W.D. Hamilton--cover.

Hamilton, W. D.

Micmac-Maliseet Institute.

Mi'kmaq — Biography.

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MacQueen, Angus J.

Memory is my diary / Angus James MacQueen.  Hantsport : Lancelot Press, 1990-1991. 2 v. : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX9883 M37 A3 1990

Clergy — Canada — Biography
Cape Breton Island (N.S.) — Biography.

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Men of achievement Cambridge, Eng., Melrose Press. ill. 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CT101 M4 1989

International Biographical Centre.

Biography — 20th century.

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Men of Canada : or, success by example in religion, patriotism, business, law, medicine, education and agriculture .. / edited by Wm. Cochrane.  Brantford, ON. : Bradley, Garretson & Co., 1891-1896. 5 v. : illustrations, portraits ; 27 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F83 C16

At head of title: The Canadian album. Volume 5 has title: Encyclopedic Canada : or, the progress of a nation in religion, patriotism, business, law, medicine, education and agriculture ... with pen and picture sketches of Canadian institutions, industries and communities, edited by J. Castell Hopkins. Includes index.

Cochrane, William, 1831-1898
Hopkins, J. Castell, 1864-1923.

Canada — Biography
Canada — Description and travel.

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Copeland, Gary L.

Men of clay : the Chipman story : historical biography of the Chipman brick industry, 1928-1990 / by Gary L. Copeland.  St. Stephen, N.B. : Data I Ltd., 1992. 91 pages : illustrations (some col.), ports. ; 21 x 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - TP828 C782 M534

Ward, Thomas Humphry

Men of the reign : a biographical dictionary of eminent persons of British and colonial birth who have died during the reign of Queen Victoria / ed. by Thomas Humphry Ward.  London ; New York : G. Routledge, 1885. iv, 1028 pages ; 19 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DA4 M52

Frost, James Douglas

Merchant princes : Halifax's first family of finance, ships and steel / James D. Frost.  Toronto : J. Lorimer, 2003. 375 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS ST1 M554 2003 - Open Shelf

Wilkie, Jim

Metagama : a journey from Lewis to the New World / Jim Wilkie.  Toronto : Doubleday Canada, 1987. 208 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 S3 W683 - Open Shelf

McKenna, Mary Olga

Micmac by choice : Elsie Sark, an island legend / M. Olga McKenna.  Halifax : Formac, 1990. viii, 194 pages, [7] pages of plates : illustrations, ports. ; 23

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 M155

Middle River : past and present history of a Cape Breton community, 1806-1985 / by John A. Nicholson .  Sydney : Printed by City Printers for the Middle River Area Historical Society, 1985. x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5249 M627 - Open Shelf

Thurston, Arthur

Midshipman Cann / Arthur Thurston.  Yarmouth : A. Thurston Publications, 1989. 76 l. ; 29 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V64 C212 C224

Downes, Marguerite A.

Military & music : personal reflections / Marguerite A. Downes.  published by the Black Cultural Centre, 1990. 12 pages : illustrations, ports.; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.349 #8 - Vertical File

Women in the military — Nova Scotia
Blacks — Nova Scotia — Biography

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