An account of some particulars relative to the meeting held at York, on Thursday, the 30th of December, 1779 / by Leonard Smelt. London : T. Becket, 1780. 28 pages
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The clergy reserve question : as a matter of history, a question of law, a subject of legislation : in a series of letters to the Hon. W.H. Draper, M.P.P., member of the Executive Council, and Her Majesty's solicitor general of Upper Canada / by Egerton Ryerson. Toronto : J.H. Lawrence, 1839. 156 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F60 R98 - Akins
'The most just law, established by the provident wisdom of princes ...'--Writ of summons to the Parliament of the twenty-third of Edward the First.
Clergy reserves (Canada)
Canada — Church history — 1763-1867.
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Three years' residence in Canada from 1837 to 1839 : with notes of a winter voyage to New York and journey thence to the British possessions to which is added, a review of the condition of the Canadian people / T.R. Preston. London : R. Bentley, 1840. 2 v. ; 21 cm.
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Canada — Description and travel
Canada — Politics and government.
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Ontario. Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Grievances
The seventh report from the Select Committee of the House of Assembly of Upper Canada on grievances ... to which is added, the report from the same committee, on the petition of William Forsyth ... W.L. Mackenzie, esq., chairman / Select Committee on Grievances. Toronto : M. Reynolds, printer to the hon. the House of Assembly, 1835. 76 pages ; 21 cm.
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Canada — Politics and government — 1791-1841.
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History, statistics, and geography of Upper and Lower Canada / by R. Montgomery Martin. 2nd ed. London : Whittaker & Co., 1838. viii, 356 pages ; 17 cm.
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First edition published in 1836 under title: History of Upper and Lower Canada.
Canada — History
Ontario — History
Québec (Province) — History
Great Britain — Colonies.
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Sketches of Upper Canada : to which are added, practical details for the information of emigrants of every class ; and some recollections of the United States of America / by John Howison. 3rd ed. Edinburgh : Oliver & Boyd, 1825. 353 pages
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Canada — Description and travel.
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The life and voyages of Americus Vespucius : with illustrations concerning the navigator, and the discovery of the New World / by C. Edwards Lester and Andrew Foster. New York : Baker & Scribner, 1846. 431, 26 pages : port. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F6 V63 - Akins
Agit grates ... Ovid, Met.iii.v.14. Issued also under title: The life and voyages of discovery of Americus Vespecius. Includes index.
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish.
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An account of the first voyages and discoveries made by the Spaniards in America : containing the most exact relations ... with the propositions offered to the King of Spain, to prevent the further ruin of the West Indies / by Bartolome de las Casas. London : D. Brown, 1699. 248 pages
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America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish.
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Mémoires relatifs à l'emprisonnement de l'Honorable D.B. Viger / by Denis Benjamin Viger. Montréal : Imprimé par F. Cinq-Mars, 1840. 57 pages ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F55 V68 - Akins
Bibliothèque nationale du Québec.
Canada — History — Rebellion, 1837-1838.
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Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
Fifth series of historical documents / Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Quebec : The Morning Chronicle, 1877. 152 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F55 L71 - Akins
Canada — History
Quebec (Province) — History.
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The military and naval operations in the Canadas, during the late war with the United States : including also, the political history of Lower Canada during the administration of Sir James Henry Craig and Sir George Prevost, from the year 1807 until the ye / by Robert Christie. New-York : Quebec printed, New-York re-printed by Oram and Mott, 1818. 232 pages ; 20 cm.
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Canada — History — War of 1812
Quebec (Province) — Politics and government — 1791-1841.
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Observations on the rights of the British colonies to representation in the imperial Parliament / by David Chisholme. Three-Rivers Quebec : Printed and published by G. Stobbs, 1832. 301 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F55 C44 - Akins
Representative government and representation
Great Britain — Colonies — Administration
Great Britain — Colonies — America — Administration.
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State of the present form of government of the province of Quebec : with a large appendix, containing extracts from the minutes of an investigation into the past administration of justice in that province : instituted by order of Lord Dorchester, in 1787 London : Printed for J. Debrett, 1789. 176 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F50 R32 - Akins
Bound with: A review of the government and grievances of the province of Quebec. Attributed to James Monk--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1791.
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A review of the government and grievances of the province of Quebec, since the conquest of it by British arms : to which is added, an appendix, containing extracts from authentic papers London : Logographic Press, 1788. 111 pages
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Bound with: State of the present form of government of the province of Quebec. Attributed to James Monk--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1791.
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Additional papers concerning the province of Quebeck : being an appendix to the book entitled, An account of the proceedings of the British and other Protestant inhabitants of the province of Quebeck in North America sn sic order to obtain a house of London : Sold by W. White, 1776. 510 pages
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Attributed to Francis Maseres--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1791.
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An account of the proceedings of the British and other Protestant inhabitants of the province of Quebeck in North-America in order to obtain a house of assembly in that province / b Francis Maseres. London : Sold by B. White, 1775. 294 pages
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Attributed to Francis Maseres--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1791.
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Literary and Historical Society of Quebec
Canadian History : the siege and blockade of Quebec, by Gen. Montgomery and Arnold, in 1775-6. A paper read before the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Mar. 6th, 1872 / Literary and Historical Society of Quebec. Quebec : Middleton & Dawson, 1872. 71 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F50 L71 - Akins
Canada — History
Quebec (Province) — History.
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A letter to the Earl of Chatham i.e. William Pitt, on the Quebec bill / by William Meredith. London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1774. 36 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F50 L56 - Akins
Attributed to William Meredith--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Authorship has also been attributed to Thomas Lyttelton, second Baron Lyttelton.
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778.
Quebec Act, 1774
Great Britain — Colonies — Administration — America
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1791.
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A general history of the British Empire in America : containing an historical, political, and commercial view of the English settlements ; including all the countries in North-America, and the West-Indies, ceded by the Peace of Paris / by Mr. Wynne i.e. John Huddlestone Wynne. London : Printed for W. Richardson and L. Urquhart, 1770. 514 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F50 H31 - Akins
Fortia facta patrum ... Virg. Aen. I. 641.
America — Discovery and exploration
United States — History
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France).
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Debates of the House of Commons in the year 1774, on the bill for making more effectual provision for the government of the province of Quebec : drawn up from the notes of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Cavendish, bart., member for Lostwithiel, now first / Henry Cavendish. London : Ridgway, 1839. 305 pages
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At head of title: Government of Canada. With a map of Canada, copied from the second edition of Mitchell's map of North America, referred to in the debates.
Cavendish, Henry, Sir, 1732-1804
Wright, J. (John), 1770?-1844.
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons.
Constitutional law — Canada
Canada — Politics and government — 1763-1791.
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An account of discoveries in the west until 1519, and of voyages to and along the Atlantic coast of North America : from 1520 to 1573 / prepared for the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society by Conway Robinson. Richmond, Va. : Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society, 1848. 491 pages ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Purchas his Pilgrimage : relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, ... declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since / by Samuel Purchas. London : printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1613. 752 pages
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Religions
Geography
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Purchas his Pilgrimage : relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, ... declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since / by Samuel Purchas. 4th ed. London : printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1626.
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Religions
Geography
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America : to which is prefixed, a summary of the voyages made by the Russians on the frozen sea, in search of a north east passage : serving as an explanation of a map / translated from the High Dutch of S. i.e. G. Muller ; with the addition of three new maps by Thomas Jefferys. London : Printed for T. Jefferys, 1761. 76 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F5 J36 - Akins
Discoveries in geography — Russian
Northeast Passage
Northwest Coast of North America.
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 1559-1625
The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities. Collected from the original London : Printed for J. Batley, 1725-26. 6 v. ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F5 H59 - Akins
Latin America — History — To 1600
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish
America — Early accounts to 1600.
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