Arthur Thurston's Tallahassee skipper : the biography of John Taylor Wood, Merrimac gunner, soldier-at-sea, guardian of the Confederate treasury, adopted Nova Scotian Yarmouth : Lescarbot, 1981. 434 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E467.1 W876 T544
Ship captains — Confederate States of America — Biography
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Naval operations.
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John Taylor Wood, Sea Ghost of the Confederacy / Royce Gordon Shingleton. Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1979. xiv, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E467.1 W876 S556
Includes index.
Ship captains — Southern States — Biography
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Naval operations.
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The life of Boston King : Black loyalist, minister and master carpenter / Boston King ; edited by Ruth Holmes Whitehead and Carmelita A.M. Robertson. Halifax : Nimbus Pub. and the Nova Scotia Museum, 2003. 60 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E444 K45 2002
Whitehead, Ruth Holmes
Robertson, Carmelita.
Slaves — Biography. — United States
Black loyalists — Biography. — Nova Scotia
Methodist Church — Clergy — Biography.
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Personalities of America 2nd ed. Raleigh, N.C. : American Biographical Institute, 1983. xvii, 556 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E36 P467
American Biographical Institute.
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Cobbett's America : a selection from the writings of William Cobbett / edited with an introduction by J.E. Morpurgo. London : Folio Society, 1985. xxxi, 246 pages, [11] pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E302 C65 C65
Journalists — Great Britain — Biography
Politicians — Great Britain — Biography
United States — Politics and government — 1789-1865
United States — Politics and government — 1789-1815
United States — De
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Buckskin pimpernel : the exploits of Justus Sherwood, Loyalist spy / by Mary Beacock Fryer. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1981. 288 pages : maps, port. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E278 S53 F948
Includes index.
American loyalists — Vermont — Biography
United Empire loyalists — Biography
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Biography
Canada — History — 1763-1791 — Biography.
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Divided loyalties : Americans in England during the War of Independence Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1933. xvi, 469 pages : ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E277 E35
American loyalists — England
Secret service — Great Britain
Painters — United States
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Biography.
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Carleton's Loyalist index a select index to the names of Loyalists and their associates contained in the British headquarters papers, New York City, 1774-1783 (the Carleton Papers) Ottawa : Sir Guy Carleton Branch, United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada, 1998. 1 computer optical disc ; 4 3/4 in.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E277 C37 1998
Author: John E. Ruch; editor: Elizabeth E. Kipages Database of 54,568 records.
Kipp, Elizabeth E., 1945-
Ruch, John E., 1929-
United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada. Sir Guy Carleton Branch.
United Empire loyalists — Biography — Dictionaries — Software
United Empire loyalists — Genealogy — Indexes — Software
United Empire loyalists — Indexes — Software.
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Connecticut hero, Israel Putnam / by John Niven. Hartford : American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1977. 101 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E207 P9 N58 1977
Includes index.
Generals — United States — Biography
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Campaigns
Connecticut — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
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Blood traitors / Marq De Villiers & Sheila Hirtle. 1st ed. Toronto : HarperCollins, 1996. 408 pages ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E206 D4 1996
United States — History — Revolution, — 1775-1783 — Biography.
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Immigrants to America before 1750 : an alphabetical list of immigrants to the colonies, before 1750, compiled from official and other records / edited by Frederick A. Virkus. Baltimore : Genealogical Pub. Co., 1965-. 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E187.5 V81
United States — History — Colonial period — Biography
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 — Biography
United States — Emigration and immigration.
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St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia
An historical catalogue of the St. Andrew's Society of Philadelphia with biographical sketches of deceased members, 1749-1907 Philadelphia : Printed for the Society, 1907. 436 pages : front. plates (part col.) ports., facsims
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E175.4 Sa2
Beath, Robert Burns, 1839- comp.
Philadelphia (Pa.) — Biography.
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A Swiss family from Oberried : the Etter family / Joan Magee. Windsor, ON. : Electa Press, 1998. 93 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DQ851 R45 M33 1998
Ried bei Kerzers (Switzerland) Biography
Ried bei Kerzers (Switzerland) — Emigration and immigration.
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The brave sons of Skye / by John MacInnes. Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilm, 1967. xxiv, 230 pages ; illustrations : 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DA767 M152
Scotland — History, Military
Isle of Skye — Biography
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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
Great Britain — Biography
Great Britain — History — Victoria, 1837-1901.
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Lives of the Princesses of Wales / by Mary Beacock Fryer, Arthur Bousfield and Garry Toffoli. Toronto : Dundurn Press, 1983. 80 pages : illustrations (some col.), geneal. tables, ports. ;
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DA28.3 F79 1983
Geneal. tables on lining papers.
Bousfield, Arthur, 1943-
Toffoli, Garry, 1953-
Queens — Great Britain — Biography
Great Britain — Princes and princesses — Biography.
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Nurses in battledress / Gwladys M. Rees Aikens. Halifax : Cymru Press, 1998. xv, 157 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D811.5 A54 1998
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, British
World War, 1939-1945 — Medical care — Biography
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The lighthearted soldier : a Canadian's exploits with the Black Devils in WW II / Herb Peppard. Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. xii, 196 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D811 P47 1994
Parachute troops — Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian.
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Running the gauntlet : an oral history of Canadian merchant seamen in World War II / by Mike Parker. Halifax : Nimbus, 1994. xi, 344 pages : illustrations
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D810 T8 P37 1994
Merchant marine — Canada — History — 20th century
World War, 1939-1945 — Personal narratives, Canadian
World War, 1939-1945 — Campaigns — Atlantic Ocean
Merchant mariners — Canada — Biography.
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Mona Parsons : from privilege to prison, from Nova Scotia to Nazi Europe / Andria Hill. Halifax : Nimbus, 2000. 180 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D802 N4 H645 2000
World War, 1939-1945 — Underground movements — Netherlands Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Prisoners and prisons, German
Prisoners of war — Germany Biography
Prisoners of war — Canada Biography.
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Through footless halls of air : the stories of a few of the many who failed to return / Floyd Williston ; foreword by J.E. (Johnnie) Johnson. Burnstown, ON. : General Store Publishing, 1996. xxvii, 310 pages : illustrations, maps
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D792 C2 W54 1996
World War, 1939-1945 — Aerial operations, Canadian
Airmen — Atlantic Provinces — Biography.
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Alex Colville : diary of a war artist / compiled by Graham Metson and Cheryl Lean. Halifax : Nimbus Publishing, 1981. 159 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 32 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D743.2 C727
Lean, Cheryl
Metson, Graham, 1934-
Painters — Canada — Biography
World War, 1939-1945 — Art and the war.
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Bishop, Harold Fletcher, 1896-1919
As ever, the wartime letters written by Cpl. Harold Fletcher Bishop : A Student from Acadia University / compiled by John Bishop Grant. Sydney : John Bishop Grant, 2016. 158 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D640 B547 2016
Harold Bishop, of Auburn, Nova Scotia was a member of the Class of 1917 at Acadia University. Upon completing his sophomore year in 1915 he, along with the majority of men in his graduating class, joined the 4th University Company of the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. This is a compilation of his letters sent from training bases and the front lines of France to the home front. In them, he thanks those who wrote to him and sent parcels, as well as he advises his brothers how they should enlist. A personal story of military service, including mention of the loss of friends in combat. Bishop demonstrateds his attachment to family, the importance of his faith, and the connections to those he knew on the campus of Acadia and in his home community. Includes index.
Bishop, Harold Fletcher, — 1896-1919 — Correspondence
Canada. — Canadian Army. — Battalion (Eastern Ontario Regiment), 2nd — Biography
Acadia University — Students — Biography
World War, 1914-1918 — Personal narratives, Canadian
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Biography
Soldiers — Canada — Biography
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First World War honour roll of Guysborough County, Nova Scotia / Bruce F. MacDonald. Antigonish : Bantry Publishing, 2015. Volumes : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm. Issued also in electronic format.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - D609 C2 M25 2015
The book contains profiles of 71 First World War soldiers from Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, all of whom died while in uniform, the majority in military combat. The stories in volume I are arranged chronologically by date of death and covering the years 1915 to 1917 inclusive while volume II focuses in on 1918-1937. The profiles provide a glimpse into the events of the war through the soldiers' stories, and details what life was like for returning soldiers. While the majority served with Nova Scotian battalions, some served with units from New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario and Western Canada, also providing a glimpse into the roles of various military battalions and some non-combat units in the war's events. Includes index.
Canada. — Canadian Armed Forces — Registers of dead
World War, 1914-1918 — Registers of dead — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County)
Soldiers — Nova Scotia — Guysborough (County) — Biography
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The International who's who ; who's who in the world, incorporated with the International blue book ... a biographical dictionary of the world's notable living men and women London ; New York : The International who's who publishing company, 1910-.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CTIN8
Imprint varies.
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