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
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F60 H84 - Akins
Canada — Description and travel.
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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Fifth series of historical documents / Literary and Historical Society of Quebec.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.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F55 C46Mi - Akins
Canada — History — War of 1812
Quebec (Province) — Politics and government — 1791-1841.
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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
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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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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
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F45 W73 - Akins
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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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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.
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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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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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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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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
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F1 F27 - Akins
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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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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