The colonial question : being essays, on imperial federalism / by the author of Ginx's baby. i.e. Edward Jenkins. Author's ed. Montreal : Dawson Bros., 1871. 99 pages
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Imperial federation
Great Britain — Colonies — Administration.
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General union of all the British provinces of North America London : Printed by W. Clowes, 1824. 43, 20, 16 pages ; 22 cm.
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Consists of 3 pamphlets. Each pamphlet mentioned in the Contents is paged separately and has its own t.pages but with no mention of its author. Title-page of pamphlets no. 2 and 3 have date 1824. Inscribed below Contents is the office held in Canada by the a
Sewell, Jonathan, 1766-1839. Plan for a general legislative union of the British provinces in North America
Stuart, J. (James), 1780-1853. Remarks on a plan entituled, "A plan for a general legislative union of the British provinces in North America.".!
Representative government and representation — Canada
Canada — Politics and government — 1791-1837.
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The proposed B.N.A. confederation : a reply to Mr. Penny's reasons why it should not be imposed upon the colonies by imperial legislation / by George Henry Macaulay. Montreal : Daily News, 1867. 13 pages
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Penny, Edward Goff, 1820-1881. The proposed British North American confederation.
Canada — History — Confederation, 1867
Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867.
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Speeches and addresses chiefly on the subject of British-American union / by Thomas D'Arcy McGee. London : Chapman and Hall, 1865. viii, 308 pages ; 21 cm.
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Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867
Great Britain — Colonies — America.
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The Crown and the confederation : three letters to the Hon. John Alexander McDonald, attorney general for Upper Canada / by a backwoodsman. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1864. 36 pages
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Finis coronat?
Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867.
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The union of the provinces of British North America / by Joseph Cauchon ; translated by George Henry Macaulay. Quebec : Hunter, Rose, 1865. 154 pages ; 21 cm.
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Canada — Politics and government — 1841-1867.
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The report and despatches of the Earl of Durham, Her Majesty's high commissioner and Governor-General of British North America / by John George Lambton Durham. London : Ridgways, 1839. 423 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F74 D93 - Akins
Buller, Charles, 1806-1848
Lucas, Charles, Sir, 1853-1931.
Canada — History — Rebellion, 1837-1838
Canada — Politics and government — 1837-1838.
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Canada. General Commission of Enquiry for Crown Lands and Emigration
Minutes of evidence taken under the direction of a General Commission of Enquiry, for Crown Lands and Emigration : appointed on the 21st June, 1838, by the Earl of Durham, High Commissioner, and Governor General of Her Majesty's colonies in North America / Charles Buller, chief commissioner. Quebec, Lower Canada : Printed by J.C. Fisher and W. Kemble, 1839. 414 pages in various pagings ; 31 cm.
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Buller, Charles, 1806-1848
Durham, John George Lambton, Earl of, 1792-1840.
Fisher, J. C. (Québec, Québec)
Kemble, W. (Québec, Québec)
Canada, Lower — History
Canada, Upper — History
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Brougham and Vaux, Henry Peter Brougham
Lord Brougham's speech in the House of Lords, ... Jan. 18, 1838, upon Canada / by Henry Peter Brougham. 2nd ed. London : J. Ridgway and Sons, 1838. 61 pages
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Return to the addresses of the Legislative Assembly, dated respectively, 6th February and 11th August, 1865 / Canada. Ottawa : Hunter, Rose & Co., 1866. 46 pages
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The Irish position in British and in republican North America : a letter to the editors of the Irish press irrespective of party / by Thomas D'Arcy McGee. 2nd ed. Montreal : M. Longmoore, 1866. 45 pages ; 22 cm.
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Irish — Canada
Irish — United States.
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Histoire du Canada depuis sa découverte jusqu'à nos jours / par F.X. Garneau ; précédée d'une étude sur la vie et les luvres de l'auteur par m. Chauveau. 4. éd. Montréal : Beauchemin & Valois, 1882-1883. 4 v. : port. ; 23 cm.
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Fréchette, Louis Honoré, 1839-1908
Suite, Benjamin, 1841-1923
Chauveau, Pierre-J.-Olivier (Pierre-Joseph-Olivier), 1820- 1890.
Historians — Canada — Biography
Canada — History
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
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Return relative to the state of the colonies / Canada. Quebec : J. Lovell, 1853.
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The relations of the industry of Canada, with the mother country and the United States : being a speech / by Isaac Buchanan, as delivered at the late demonstration to the parliamentary opposition at Toronto. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1864. 551 pages
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An appendix containing various valuable documents; edition by Henry J. Morgan. Binder's title: Buchanan on industrial politics of America.
Morgan, Henry J. (Henry James), 1842-1913.
Canada — Commerce
Canada — Commercial policy.
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Short lessons for members of Parliament / compiled from English and other publications by a Canadian M.P. of experience in legislative routine. Quebec : 1862. 70 pages ; 20 cm.
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Text in English with French translation, by E.-pages Dorion, on opposite pages. Added t.pages in French: Tactique de l'Assemblée législative : ouvrage compilé de publications anglaises et autres / par un député canadien versé dans les usages parlementaires
Dorion, E.-P. (Eugène-Philippe), 1830-1872.
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Memoir of the life of the Rt. Hon. Charles Lord Sydenham, with a narrative of his administration in Canada / edited by his brother, G. Poulett Scrope. 2nd ed. London : J. Murray, 1844. 403 pages
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Ryerson, Rev. Adolphus Egerton, 1803-82
Defence of Sir Charles Metcalfe Toronto, 1844.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F65 R98 - Akins
3 copies - only one on shelf; use V/F v.249 #1
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Biography of the Hon. W.H. Merritt, M.P. of Lincoln, district of Niagara ... compiled principally from his original diary and correspondence / by J.P. Merritt. St. Catharines, Ont. : E.S. Leavenworth, 1875. 429 pages
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Canadian Executive Committee for the Paris Exhibition (1855)
Canada at the Universal Exhibition of 1855 / Canadian Executive Committee for the Paris Exhibition. Toronto : J. Lovell, 1856. 463 pages : illustrations, maps, plans.
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Printed by order of the Legislative Assembly. Tables. Certain sections have special title pages.
Hunt, Thomas Sterry, 1826-1892
Logan, W. E. (William Edmond), Sir, 1798-1875
Taché, J. C. (Joseph-Charles), 1820-1894.
Canadian Executive Committee for the Paris Exhibition (1855)
Geology — Canada
Natural resources — Canada
Exhibitions — France — Paris
Canada.
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Twenty-seven years in Canada West : the experience of an early settler / by Major Strickland ; edited by Agnes Strickland. London : R. Bentley, 1853. 2 v. in 1 ; 20 cm.
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Frontier and pioneer life — Ontario
Ontario — Description and travel.
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Upper Canada. Lieutenant-Governor (1836-1838 : Head)
The speeches, messages, and replies of His Excellency Sir Francis Bond Head, K.C.H. lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada : accompanied by an extract from a despatch of His Excellency to Lord Glenelg : together with introductory remarks, and a brief biograp / Upper Canada. Toronto : H. Rowsell, 1836. 72 pages ; 21 cm.
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Head, Francis B. (Francis Bond), 1793-1875.
Ontario — Politics and government — 1791-1841
Canada — Politics and government — 1791-1841.
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Life and letters of the late Hon. Richard Cartwright, member of legislative council in the first parliament of Upper Canada / edited by Rev. C.E. Cartwright. Toronto : Belford Bros., 1876. 145 pages
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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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Lower Canada. Legislature. House of Assembly
Proceedings in the Assembly of Lower Canada on the rules of practice of the courts of justice, and the empeachments of Jonathan Sewell and James Monk, Esquires Quebec : 1814. 64 pages ; 25 cm.
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Issued also in French. Printed by order of the House. Includes: Report of a Committee Appointed to Examine Particularly the Rules of Practice of the Courts of Justice in this Province ...(pages 6-43.
Court rules — Quebec (Province)
Judicial power — Quebec (Province)
Justice, Administration of — Quebec (Province)
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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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