The Life, trial and execution of Captain John Brown : known as Old Brown of Ossawatomie, compiled from official and authentic sources New York : R.M. De Witt, 1859. 108 pages ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F35.12 D51
Virginia. Circuit Court (Jefferson Co.)
Harpers Ferry (W.Va.) — John Brown Raid, 1859.
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The public records of the colony of Connecticut 1636-1776 Hartford : Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company, 1850-1890. 15 v. : fold. map, facsims. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F35.4 C76
Trumbull, James Hammond, 1821-1897
Hoadly, Charles Jeremy, 1828-1900.
Connecticut. General Assembly
Connecticut. Council
United Colonies of New England. Commissioners
Connecticut. Council of Safety.
Wills — Connecticut
Connecticut — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 — Sources
Connecticut — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Sources.
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Virginia (Colony). Lieutenant-Governor (1751-1758 : Dinwiddie)
The official records of Robert Dinwiddie, Lieutenant-Governor of the Colony of Virginia, 1751-1758 / now first printed from the manuscript in the collections of the Virginia Historical Society, with an introduction and notes by R.A. Brock. Richmond, Va. : The Society, 1883-1884. 2 v. : illustrations ; 25 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F35.3 D61
Brock, R. A. (Robert Alonzo), 1839-1941.
Virginia — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 — Sources
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Sources.
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A philosophical and political history of the settlements and trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies / by the Abbé Raynal ; newly translated from the French by J.O. Justamond. 2nd ed. London : A. Strahan, 1798. 6 v. : front. ( port.) 7 fold. maps ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F30 R21
Justamond, J. O. (John Obadiah), d. 1786.
Colonization — History
Commerce — History
East Indies
America — Discovery and exploration.
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A philosophical and political history of the British settlements and trade in North America / from the French of Abbé Raynal. Edinburgh : Printed by C. MacFarquhar, 1776. 2 v. ; 16 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F30 R21
Pages 48-103 of Volume 1 and pages 9-135 of Volume 2 related to the description and history of the colonies in Canada.
United States — Description and travel
United States — Economic conditions
United States — History — Colonial period, ca.1600-1775
Canada — History — To 1763 (New France)
Canada — Description and travel — To
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Anthropological papers Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off., 1955. 415 pages, 48 pages of plates : illustrations, music ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F29 Sm6b
At head of title: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology. Includes index.
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
First Nations of North America
Ethnology — North America.
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Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents
Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Washington, D.C. : The Institution, -1965. 119 v. : illustrations maps ; 23-24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F29 Sm6
Volumes for 1847-1963/64 include the Institution's Report of the Secretary, also published separately. Vols. for 1849-1963/64 include General appendix to the Smithsonian report varies slightly. Description based on: 4th 1849. Showing the operations, expenditures, and condition of the Institution. ; subtitle varies. Some reports issued in various congressional series: Senate miscellaneous documents, House miscellaneous documents, House executive documents, and House documents. Published: Washington : U.S.G.P.O., <1880-1897>
United States National Museum. Report of the U.S. National Museum
Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary.
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Hodgdon, Maine, 1832-1982, sesquicentennial album / by Geraldine Tidd Scott ; including photographs and stories by Harry Williams ; genealogical information on Hodgdon families, 1830-1900. 1st ed. North Windham, Me. (P.O. Box 1464, North Windham 04062) : Pioneer Heritage Publications, 1982. iv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F29 H688
Includes index.
Hodgdon (Me.) — Social life and customs
Hodgdon (Me.) — Genealogy.
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History, geography, and statistics of British North America / by Alex. Monro. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1864. iv, 324 pages : illustrations ; 17 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F28 M75
Errata: pages [ii].
Canada — History
Canada — Economic conditions — 1763-1867.
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Travels through the Canadas : containing a description of the picturesque scenery on some of the rivers and lakes, with an account of the productions, commerce, and inhabitants of those provinces : to which is subjoined a comparative view of the manners a / by George Heriot ; illustrated with a map and numerous engravings, from drawings made at the several places by the author. London : Printed for R. Phillips, 1807. xii, 602, [2] pages, [29] pages of plates (7 folded)
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F28 H42 T69
First chapter contains description of the Azores. Part second contains a minute description of the peculiarities of various nations of American aborigines, principally derived from other printed works.--Sabin. Vocabulary of the Algonquin tongue: pages 579-599; Indicative mood of the verb sakia, to love: pages 599-600; Numeration: pages 601-602. Errata: pages xii. Directions for placing the plates: pages [603] Publisher's advertisement: pages [604]
First Nations of North America
Algonquian languages — Dictionaries — English
English language — Dictionaries — Algonquian
Canada — Description and travel — 1764-1867
Azores.
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Decosta, Rev. Benjamin Franklin 1831-1904
Relation of a voyage to Sagadahoc Cambridge University Press, 1880. 43 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F22 D35
withdrawn for mending; use F37.55 M38p Ser.1 Volume 18
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Gazetteer of British North America : containing the latest and most authentic descriptions of over six thousand cities, towns and villages in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Briti / edited by P.A. Crossby. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1875. 2 v. in 1 ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F20 L94 1875
The second part has special t.-p.: The railway and steamboat routes in British North America ... by pagesA. Crossby. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1875.
Crossby, P. A. b. 1842, ed. (Peter Alfred),
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Lovell's gazetteer of British North America : containing the latest and most authentic descriptions of over six thousand cities, towns, and villages in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, Manit / edited by P.A. Crossby. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1874. 2 v. in 1 ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F20 L94 1874
Bound with: Crossby, pages A. The railway and steamboat routes in British North America ... Montreal, Lovell [n.d.]
Crossby, P. A. (Peter Alfred), b. 1842, ed.
Railroads — Canada
Canada — Description and travel Gazetteers
Newfoundland — Description and travel Gazetteers.
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The literary faculty of the native races of America / by John Reade. Montreal : Dawson Brothers, 1884. p. 17-30 ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F17 R22
From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Volume II, Section II, 1884.
Dawson Brothers (Montréal, Quebec)
Royal Society of Canada.
First Nations of North America — Languages
Indians of South America — Languages
Indian literature.
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Rand's Micmac dictionary : from phonographic word-lists prepared by Rev. Silas T. Rand, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L / transcribed and alphabetically arranged, with a grammar and list of place-names by Jeremiah S. Clark. Charlottetown, P.E.I. : Patriot Pub. Co., 1902. xxxiii, 192 pages ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F17 R15
Clark's edition of the manuscript Dictionary left unfinished by Rand at the time of his death--Masinahikan. A companion volume to Rand's English-Micmac vocabulary. Published by direction of the Canadian government Also includes 'Micmac place-names in the Maritime provinces of Canada,' with its own title-page but continuous collation and pagination--Masinahikan.
Clark, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Simpson), 1872-1950.
Mi'kmaq language — Dictionaries — English
Mi'kmaq language — Grammar
Mi'kmaq — Names
Names, Geographical — Canada.
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Handbook of American Indian languages / by Franz Boas. Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off, 1911-. 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F17 B63
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
First Nations of North America — Languages.
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The Dîné : origin myths of the Navaho Indians Washington, D.C. : U.S. Govt. Print. Off, 1956. vii, 187 pages : illustrations, diagrs. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F16 N22 Ob6
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
Navaho Indians — Religion and mythology
Navaho Indians — Legends.
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Origin myth of Acoma and other records / by Matthew W. Stirling. Washington : Govt. Print. Off., 1942. viii, 123 pages, 17 plates (1 colour) on 9 pages : ill
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 St5
At head of title: Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
Acoma Indians — Religion and mythology
Acoma (N.M.)
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Maliseet vocabulary / by Montague Chamberlain ; with an introduction by William F. Ganong. Cambridge Mass. : Harvard Cooperative Society, 1899. 94 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 M46 C35
Ganong, William F. (William Francis), 1864-1941.
Malecite language — Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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Canadian wonder tales / by Cyrus Macmillan ; with illustrations in colour by George Sheringham and a foreword by Sir William Peterson. London : John Lane, 1918. xvi, 199 pages : colour front., colour plates ; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 M22 C16
Folklore — Canada
First Nations of North America — Folklore.
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Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico / edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Washington, D.C. : Govt. Print. Off., 1907-1910. 2 v. : illustrations, maps (1 fold) ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 H66 2
On spine: 59th Congress. Ist session, December 4, 1905-1906. House Documents, Volume 61-62
Smithsonian Institution. Bureau of American Ethnology.
First Nations of North America — Encyclopedias.
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Handbook of Indians of Canada : published as an appendix to the Tenth report of the Geographic Board of Canada / edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Ottawa : Geographic Board, 1913. x, 632 pages : 3 fold maps. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F15 H66
Reprinted by permission of Mr. F.W. Hodge ... from Handbook of American Indians north of Mexico, published as Bulletin 30, Bureau of American ethnology, and edited by Frederick Webb Hodge. Reprinted under the direction of James White. Published also in French under title: Manuel des indiens du Canada. At head of title: Geographic Board. Canada. 1912.
First Nations of North America — Canada.
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The letters and journals of Simon Fraser, 1806-1808 / edited with an introd. by W. Kaye Lamb ; maps by C. C. J. Bond. Toronto : Macmillan, 1960. 292 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F14 F46
Lamb, W. Kaye (William Kaye), 1904-
Fraser River (B.C.)
British Columbia — Description and travel
Canada — Exploring expeditions
British Columbia — Description and travel — To 1871.
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History of Cavelier de La Salle, 1643-1687 : explorations in the valleys of the Ohio, Illinois and Mississippi, taken from his letters, reports to King Louis XIV, also the reports of several of his associates, official acts and contemporaneous documents / Paul Chesnel ; translated from the French by Andrée Chesnel Meany. New York : G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1932. vii, 232 pages : fold. maps. ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F10 L33 C42
Explorers — Canada — Biography
Mississippi River Valley — History — To 1803.
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English discovery of America to 1585 / by Franklin T. McCann. New York : King's Crown Press, 1952, 1951. xiv, 246 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F8 M13
America in literature
Cosmography
America — Discovery and exploration — English.
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