Report on the projected canal across the istmus sic that divides Nova-Scotia and New-Brunswick : explored and levelled in the autumn of 1819, by order of His Excellency Major-General George Stracey Smyth, lieutenant-governor of the province of New-Bruns / A. Lockwood. Fredericton N.B. : Printed by George K. Lugrin, 1820. 24 pages ; 20 cm.
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Signed: A. Lockwood. Includes references to a plan not included in the report--pages [5]. Reference: Casey 1090.
Canals — Chignecto Isthmus (N.S. and N.B.)
Chignecto Isthmus (N.S. and N.B.) — Surveys.
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Articles on the great colonial project of connecting Halifax and Quebec by a railroad and ultimately the Atlantic and the waters of Lake Huron : with an appendix illustrative of the cost, mode of raising the capital, and returns / by George R. Young. Halifax : 1847. 40 pages ; 20 cm.
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From: The Novascotian.
Railroads — Canada — Surveying.
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Skeleton map to shew the probable line of railway communication from the Atlantic to the Pacific through the North American British provinces fold. map.
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On the national, political, and commercial importance of a railway from Halifax to Quebec : with an appendix, containing extracts from important despatches and acts of Parliament relating thereto, minutes of proceedings at meetings, &c. &c. &c. : with a m London : W. Penny, 1858. 85 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : folded map ; 22
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References: Casey I 2719; NUC pre-1956, v. 430, pages 463.
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On the military & commercial importance of completing the line of railway from Halifax to Quebec : to which is added, official correspondence, proceedings at deputations, copies of memorials to her Majesty's government, petitions to the imperial Parliamen London : W. Penny, 1862. vi, 146 pages : map ; 21 cm.
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Railroads — Canada
Railroads — Economic aspects — Canada
Canada — Defenses.
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Views relative to the construction of a railway from Halifax to Quebec, by the British government : as the most efficient and economical means of promoting the prosperity of the British North American colonies, and securing their continued connection with / by Henry H. Cogswell. Halifax : Printed at the British North American Office, 1852. 8 pages ; 26 cm.
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Written in September, 1851. Text in double columns.
British North American (Halifax, N.S.)
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Employment and colonization for the million : based upon a proposed railway communication from the Atlantic to the Pacific in the territories of British North America, being a paper read before the British Association for the Advancement of Science, at Ip / by Alexander Doull. London : Canadian Land and Railway Association, 1851. 15 pages ; 23 cm.
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Railroads — Canada
Canada — Colonization.
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Canada railway act : an act for raising by way of loan, a sum not exceeding four millions of pounds currency, for making a mainline of railway throughout the length of this province
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Two items bound together, 3 sheets.
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Canadian Pacific Railway Company
An Act Respecting the Canadian Pacific Railway
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Reports and papers relating to a canal intended to connect the harbour of Halifax with the Basin of Mines i.e. Minas : remarks on its nature and importance, and a plan and section : also, the report of a survey for canals between St. Peter's Bay and the Halifax : 1826. 58 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
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Attributed to Charles R. Fairbanks--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Tables. Errata--pages 58.
Cunnabell, J. S. (Halifax, N.S.)
Canals — Nova Scotia
Shubenacadie Canal (N.S.)
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Report on Bay Verte Canal submitted as supplementary annual report of the Minister of Public Works Ottawa : I.B. Taylor, 1873. 33 pages ; 24 cm.
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Supplementary canal report of the Minister of Public Works : being a report by Samuel Keefer, esq., C.E., dated the 18th February, 1873, on the Baie Verte Canal, prefixed by a letter of C.S. Gzowski, esq., approving the same. Report tr
Gzowski, C. S. (Casimir Stanislaus), Sir, 1813-1898
Taylor, I. B.
Canada. Dept. of Public Works.
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Manual containing The Census Act, and the instructions to officers employed in the taking of the first census of Canada, (1871) / Department of Agriculture, (Census Branch). Ottawa : The Branch, 1871. 36, 2 pages ; 23 cm.
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Canada — Census, 1871 — Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Acadia : a lost chapter in American history / by Philip H. Smith. Pawling, N.Y. : P.H. Smith, 1884. 381 pages : illustrations (some col.) ; 22 cm.
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Published by the author.
Tales, Canadian (French)
Acadia
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
Canada — History — 1763-1867.
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Relation de ce qui s'est passé de plus remarquable dans la mission des Abnaquis à l'Acadie, l'année 1701 Manate, N.Y. : La presse Cramoisy de Jean-Marie Shea, 1858. 34 pages, 1 leaf
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Abnaki Indians
First Nations of North America — Missions.
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The neutral French, or, The exiles of Nova Scotia 2nd. ed. Providence, R.I. : The author, 1841. 2 v. in 1 : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Acadians — Nova Scotia — Fiction
Acadians — Expulsion, 1755 — Fiction.
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The name Acadia / by Principal Dawson. [5] pages ; 22 cm.
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Article taken from The Canadian antiquarian and numismatic journal pages 84-88.
Historical linguistics — Maritime Provinces
Acadia
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The Rural home Kentville : A.J. Pineo, 1885-.
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A monthly magazine for the farm, garden, and family circle.
Agriculture — Maritime Provinces — Periodicals
Maritime Provinces — Periodicals.
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Rules and regulations of the Halifax Public Library, established 1838 : with a catalogue of books Halifax : 1838. 1 v. (unpaged) ; 16 cm.
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Interleaved with blank pages.
Libraries — Nova Scotia — Halifax
Library catalogs.
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Nova Scotia new monthly magazine Halifax : 18--.
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Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (Mar. 1842.
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The Gridiron : devoted to politics, news, humour, &c. &c Halifax : Richard Nugent, 1843-.
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Grand rounds Halifax : Messenger Printing, 1876.
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Nova Scotia — History — Periodicals.
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Description geographique et historique des costes de l'Amerique septentrionale : avec l'histoire naturelle du Païs / par Monsieur Denys, gouverneur lieutenant general pour le Roy. Paris : Chez C. Barbin, 1672. 2 v. in 1 : illustrations ; 16 cm.
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Contents: Histoire naturelle des peuples, des animaux, des arbres & plantes de l'Amerique septentrionale, & de ses divers climats ...
Cod-fisheries — Canada
Acadia — Discovery and exploration — French
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
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British American magazine Toronto : Rollo and Adam, 1863-1864. 2 v. ; 23 cm.
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Devoted to literature, science and art.
Griffin, Frederick, 1798-1879, donor
Hind, Henry Youle, 1823-1908
Adam, G. Mercer (Graeme Mercer), 1830-1912.
Canada — History — Periodicals.
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British North American Magazine, and Colonial Journal Halifax : 18--.
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Nova Scotia — History — Periodicals.
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Banter Halifax : Morton News Agency, 1874-18--.
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Nova Scotia — History — Periodicals.
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