An account of the European settlements in America : in six parts The second edition, with improvements. London : Printed for R. and J. Dodsley, 1758. 2 v., 324 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F5 B91 - Akins
Attributed to Edmund Burke--National union catalog pre-1956 imprints. Also attributed to William Burke--Dictionary of national biography. Each part contains an accurate description of the settlements in it, their extent, climate, productions, trade
America — Discovery and exploration — Portuguese
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish.
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Arnold's expedition against Quebec, 1775-1776 : the diary of Ebenezer Wild, with a list of such diaries / by Justin Winsor. Cambridge, Mass. : J. Wilson and son, 1886. 12 pages
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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.
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Arma virumque. Attributed to Robert Stobo--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Introd. signed: N.B.C. [i.e. Neville B. Craig].
Canada — History — 1713-1763 (New France) — Biography
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Personal narratives.
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Commissioners under the Reciprocity Treaty between Great Britain and the U.S., Washington
Copies of awards made by the Commissioners and Umpire under the Reciprocity Treaty, prior to the 1st day of January, 1861 St. John, N.B. : printed for Her Majesty's Commissioner by W.L. Avery, 1861. 57 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S AKF27 P42 - Akins Oversize
Arbitrator under the Reciprocity Treaty between Great Britain and the U.S., Washington, 1854.
Fisheries — Canada
United States — Foreign relations — Great Britain.
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Correspondence relative to the negociation of the question of disputed right to the Oregon territory on the north-west coast of America : subsequent to the Treaty of Washington of August 9, 1842 : presented to both House of Parliament by command of Her Ma London : T.R. Harrison, 1846. iv, 71 pages ; 33 cm.
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Canada — History — Boundary disputes and treaties
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Harvie's Prince Edward Island almanac Charlottetown, P.E.I. : H.A. Harvie, 18-- .
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F112 H26 - Akins
Almanacs, Canadian
Prince Edward Island — Registers.
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Card, to the citizens of Halifax : having been waited on by a number of the citizens of all creeds and classes, who have been pleased to express themselves satisfied with the manner in which I have discharged the duties ... of mayor of this city .. / Patrick O'Mullin. Halifax, N.S. : 1888. [1] pages ; 19 cm.
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Dated: Halifax, N.S., 20th April, 1888.
Local elections — Nova Scotia — Halifax.
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Nova Scotia. House of Assembly
Proceedings of the General Assembly upon the convention, concluded between His Majesty and the United States of America Halifax, Nova Scotia : From the Chronicle Printing Office, June 1819. [12], 29, [42] pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 N85 - Akins
At head of title: Province of N. Scotia. Published by order of both Houses, in general session at Halifax, in April 1819. Tables.
Great Britain — Colonies — Commerce
United States — Commerce — Canada
Canada — Commerce — United States.
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A patriotic call to prepare in a season of peace, for one of political danger, suggested by reflections on the policy and designs of the government of the United States, towards Great Britain and her American colonies : also, a brief view of some of the p / by a native of the province i.e. John G. Marshall. Halifax : Printed by A.H. Holland for the author, 1819. vii, [1], 144 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 M35p - Akins
References: Akins; MTL 7032.
Nova Scotia — Economic conditions — To 1867
Canada — Relations — United States
United States — Relations — Canada.
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Extra-territorial incidents of colonial legislation / by B.G. Gray. Boston : Printed by David Clapp, 1863. 22 pages ; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 G79 - Akins
Consular jurisdiction
Canada — Diplomatic and consular service — Great Britain
Canada — Diplomatic and consular service — United States.
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Conservatives' election song, for July 29, 1847 Nova Scotia : 1847. [3] pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 EL2 - Akins
Three song sheets bound together. Size varies.
Campaign songs — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — To 1867
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Canada. Dept. of the Secretary of State
Correspondence and negotiations connected with the affairs of Nova Scotia : laid before Parliament by command of His Excellency, the Governor General Ottawa : Printed by Hunter, Rose, 1869. 71 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 C81 - Akins
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 1867- — Sources
Canada — Politics and government — 1867-1914 — Sources.
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The conduct of the French, with regard to Nova Scotia, Virginia, and other parts of the continent of North America : from its first settlement to the present time : in which are exposed the falshood and absurdity of their arguments made use of to elude th London : Dublin : Printed for T. Jefferys, geographer to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ; Printed by R. James ... , 1754. 77 pages : folded map ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 C75 - Akins
Attributed to Thomas Jefferys--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints.
Virginia — History
Nova Scotia — History — To 1763
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
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Chabert de Cogolin, Joseph Bernard
Voyage fait par ordre du roi en 1750 et 1751, dans l'Amérique Septentrionale, pour rectifier les cartes des côtes de l'Acadie, de l'isle Royale & de Terr-Neuve; et pour en fixer les principaux points par des observations astronomiques / Par m. de Chabert . Paris : Imprimerie royale, 1753. [2], viii, 288, [10] pages : illustrations, maps (folded) ; 26
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 C34 - Akins
Geographical positions — Cape Breton
Geographical positions — Nova Scotia
Longitude
Nova Scotia — Description and travel — Maps
Cape Breton — Description and travel — Maps
Newfoundland — Description and travel
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Voyages de découverte au Canada, entre les années 1534 et 1542 : par Jacques Quartier sic, le sieur de Roberval, Jean Alphonse de Xanctoigne, etc. : suivis de la description de Quebec et de ses environs en 1608, et de divers extraits relativement au lie Québec : W. Cowan, 1843. 130 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F10 C24 - Akins
A part le récit des deux premiers voyages de Cartier, l'ouvrage est traduit de Hakluyt (Hakluyt's Collection of early voyages, travels and discoveries. London, 1810).
Cartier, Jacques, 1491-1557
Roberval, Jean François de La Roque, sieur de, 1501?-1560?
Alfonce, Jean, 1484-1544.
Société littéraire et historique de Québec.
First Nations of North America — Canada
New France — Discovery and exploration
America — Discovery and exploration — French.
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The discovery of America by the Northmen in the tenth century : comprising translations of all the most important original narratives of this event / by Joshua Toulmin Smith. 2nd ed. London : William S. Orr & Co., 1842. xii, 348 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F1 S67 - Akins
... together with a critical examination of their authenticity; to which is added, an examination of the comparative merits of the Northmen and Columbus.
America — Discovery and exploration — Norse.
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Faucher de Saint-Maurice, Narcisse Henri Edouard
Le Canada et les Basques / trois écrits de M. Faucher de Saint-Maurice, M. Marmette et M. Le Vasseur ; avant-propos du comté de Premio-Real. Québec : A. Côté, 1879. 28 pages
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Marmette, Joseph, 1844-1895
Le Vasseur, N. (Nazaire), 1848-1927
Premio-Real, comte de, 1840-1888.
Basques — Canada
America — Discovery and exploration
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish.
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The discovery of America by the Northmen, in the tenth century / with notices of the early settlements of the Irish in the western hemisphere / By North Ludlow Beamish. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841. 239 pages 22 cm.
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The design of the writer...is to put before the public in a cheap and compendious form, those parts of Professor Rafn's work [Antiquitates americanae] which he considered were likely to prove most interesting to British readers.--pref.
Rafn, Carl Christian, 1795-1864.
America — Discovery and exploration — Norse
America — Discovery and exploration — Irish
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Return to an address of the House of commons, dated February 23, 1870, for copies of all orders in council and all correspondence between the Imperial and Canadian governments, and between the governments of Canada and British Columbia touching the admiss Ottawa, 7th March, 1870. 11 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F75 R31b - Akins
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867
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Their manifest destiny and our manifest duty : two letters to a friend in Nova Scotia 19--. 8 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F70 T34 - Akins
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A letter to the Rt. Hon. Frederick J. Robinson, on the subject of the proposed duties on colonial timber : and on some other colonial subjects; and on the relative situation of the British North American possessions, with the United States of America and London : Richardson, 1821. viii, 75 pages ; 9 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 SA1 - Akins
Ripon, Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of, 1782-1859.
Tariff
Timber
United States — Economic conditions
England — Tariff
Canada — Economic conditions.
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The state of trade in the northern colonies considered : with an account of their produce, and a particular description of Nova Scotia London : Printed by G. Woodfall ..., 1748. viii, [9]-84 pages ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 L72 - Akins
The state of the North-American trade, and settlements consideredition Preface signed; Otis Little.
Canada — Commerce
New England — Commerce
Nova Scotia — Description and travel
Great Britain — Colonies — Commerce
New France — Commerce.
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To the people of Nova Scotia Halifax : 1857. 9 pages ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F100 H83p - Akins
Signed and dated at end: Joseph Howe, Halifax, 2nd March, 1857.
Church and state — Catholic Church
Nova Scotia — Politics and government — 1784-1867.
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Recollections of Sedan / by F. Creswell Hewett. Halifax : D.H. Fowler, 1877. 23 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK DCH49 - Akins
A British army surgeon's experiences in the Franco-German war.
Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 — Medical care
War — Relief of sick and wounded.
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Observations on the fifth article of the treaty with America : and on the necessity of appointing a judicial enquiry into the merits and losses of the American loyalists / Joseph Galloway. London : 1783. 19 pages ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK DA3 K779 - Akins
American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution — Claims.
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