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Waite, P. B.

The man from Halifax : Sir John Thompson, prime minister / P.B. Waite.  Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1985. ix, 547 pages, [18] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits, map

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 T473 W144 - Open Shelf

Brock, Peter W.

The man who built churches : the story of B.D. Stevens : a parable for our time / edited and illustrated by Peter W. Brock.  Porters Lake : Pottersfield Press, 1990. 119 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

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Thompson, Kent

The man who said no : reading Jacob Bailey, Loyalist / Kent Thompson.  Kentville : Gaspereau Press, 2008. 285 pages : illustrations, port. ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX5620 B155 T473 2008

Perry, Sandra E.

The mantle of leadership : premiers of the North-West Territories and Alberta, 1897-2005 / by Sandra E. Perry and Jessica J. Craig ; editor and historical consultant, Philip A. Massolin ; coodinating editor, Valerie L. Footz ; contributing author, Margaret A. Shane.  Edmonton : Legislative Assembly of Alberta, 2006. xix, 753 pages : illustrations, ports (some colour) ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC3655 C397 2006 - Open Shelf

Davis, Stephen A.

The Micmac / Stephen A. Davis.  1st ed. Tantallon : Four East, 1991. 74 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E99 M6 D38 1991

Bates, Walter

The mysterious stranger, or, Memoirs of the notorious Henry More Smith : containing a correct account of his extraordinary conduct during the thirteen months of his confinement in the jail of King's County, province of New Brunswick, where he was convicte Halifax- Nova Scotia : 1835-. 44 pages ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV6248 S649 B329

Different editions by Walter Bates.

Cunnabell, W. (Halifax, N.S.)

Criminals — Canada — Biography.

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Johnson, John

The North American Johnsons : a short story of triumph and tragedy / Sir John Johnson ; foreword by F.M. Cass.  1st ed. London : PRM Publishers, 1963. 92 pages, [4] pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS90 J68 J68 - Open Shelf

Cuthbertson, Brian

The old attorney general : a biography of Richard John Uniacke / by Brian Cuthbertson.  Halifax : Nimbus, 1980. vi, 150 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 23 c

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 U58 C988 - Open Shelf

Maps on lining papers. Includes index.

Statesmen — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 1784-1867.

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Cuthbertson, Brian

The old attorney general, Richard John Uniacke, 1753-1830 / by Brian Cuthbertson.  Fredericton, N.B. : The Author, 1970. 256 pages. ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5204.9 U58 C98 - Open Shelf

Maps on lining papers. Thesis (M.A. - U.N.B.

Statesmen — Nova Scotia — Biography
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 1784-1867.

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Hotten, John Camden

The original lists of persons of quality : emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, serving men sold for a term of years, apprentices, children stolen, maidens pressed, and others, who went from Great Britain to the American plantations, 1600-1700 : / from mss. preserved in the State Paper Dept. of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England.  London : Chatto and Windus, 1874. 580 pages ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS H79 - Open Shelf

Includes index. Spine title: Original lists of persons of quality who went from Great Britain to the American plantations.

Great Britain. Public Record Office.

British — America — Lists
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 — Sources
United States — Genealogy — Sources
Great Britain — Emigration and immigration
Barbados — Biography.

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Saltonstall, Leverett

The papers of Leverett Saltonstall, 1816-1845 / selected and edited and with an introd. by Robert E. Moody.  Boston : Massachusetts Historical Society, 1978-. ill. ; 25 cm.

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Ross, D. K.

The pioneers and churches : the pioneers and families of Big Brook and West Branch E.R. and surrounding sections, including Lorne, Glengarry, Elgin, Centerdale, Hopewell, Marshdale, Foxbrook / by D.K. Ross.  New Glasgow : Hector Pub. Co., 1957. 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Includes index.

Pictou (N.S. : County) — History
Pictou (N.S. : County) — Biography

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Pope, Charles Henry

The pioneers of Maine and New Hampshire, 1623 to 1660 : a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns, churches, courts and other contemporary sources / with foreword by James Phinney Baxter.  Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965. xi, 252 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS61 M29 P81 - Open Shelf

Originally published, Boston, 1908.

Pioneers — Maine
Pioneers — New Hampshire
Maine — Biography
New Hampshire — Biography.

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Pope, Charles Henry

The pioneers of Massachusetts : a descriptive list, drawn from records of the colonies, towns, and churches, and other contemporaneous documents Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965. 549 pages ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS61 M39 P81 - Open Shelf

Originally published ... 1900.

Pioneers — Massachusetts
Massachusetts — Genealogy — Sources
Massachusetts — Biography.

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Neatby, H. Blair

The politics of chaos : Canada in the Thirties / H. Blair Neatby.  Toronto : Macmillan of Canada, 1972. 196 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC577 N43 1972 - Open Shelf

The prime ministers of Canada, 1867-1994 / presented by the House of Commons and the National Archives of Canada.  Ottawa : National Archives of Canada, 1994. vii, 20, 20, vii pages : ports.; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.401 #23 - Vertical File

Text in English and French with French text on inverted pages. Title on added t.p.: Les premiers ministres du Canada, 1867-1994.

Canada. Parliament. House of Commons
National Archives of Canada.

Prime ministers — Canada — Biography
Prime ministers — Canada — Portraits
Canada — Politics and government
Canada — Biography — Portraits.

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Thompson, Catherine

The prize of learning love : the life of Margaret Fawcett Norrie, Nova Scotia's first female senator / by Catherine Thompson.  St. John, NB. : Trinity Enterprise, 2006. 414 pages : illustrations.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F1034.3 N68 T46 2006

Kimball, Roy Edward

The provincial court of Nova Scotia: the struggle for excellence / by Roy Edward Kimball.  Halifax : Dalhousie University, 1987. 226 pages; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - KEN7565 K49

Judges — Nova Scotia — Biography

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Howe, Joseph

The public dinner at Amherst : Hon. Mr. Howe's speech Nova Scotia : 1853. 1 folded sheet (8 pages) ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 H83s - Akins

Pullen, William J.S., 1813-1887

The Pullen Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin : the original diaries, logs, letters of Commander W.J.S. Pullen / selected and introduced by H.F. Pullen.  Toronto : Arctic History Press, 1979. 230 pages, [8] leaves of plates (4 fold.) : ill., fold. maps ; 26 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC3961 P84 1979 - Open Shelf

Leamon, James S.

The reverend Jacob Bailey, Maine loyalist: for God, king, country, and for self / James S. Leamon.  Boston, Mass. : University of Massachusetts Press, 2012. xviii, 251 pages: illustrations; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX5620 B154 L436 2012

Huling, Ray Greene

The Rhode Island emigration to Nova Scotia / by Ray Greene Huling.  Toronto : Canadiana House, 1984. 49 pages : 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.292 #1 - Vertical File

Huling, Ray Greene

The Rhode Island emigration to Nova Scotia / by Ray Greene Huling.  Providence, R.I. : Reprinted from the Naragansett historical register, 1889. 49 pages : 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.158 # 25 - Vertical File

Parks, Malcolm G.

The rising village : chapters in the history of Petite Riviere, Nova Scotia / Malcolm G. Parks.  Lockeport : Community Books, 1998. [xii], 242 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 P48 P37 1998 - Open Shelf

Petite Riviere (N.S.) — History
Petite Riviere (N.S.) — Biography.

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Samson, Garvie

The river that isn't : a tale of survival and prosperity River Bourgeois, Cape Breton, N.S., 1714-1994 / Gervais (Garvie) Samson.  Dartmouth : G. Samson, 1994. 260 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2349 R58 S36 1994 - Open Shelf

River Bourgeois (N.S.) — Biography
River Bourgeois (N.S.) — History.

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