Nova Scotia Archives Library Search: Great Britain — History.
History of the British Empire / by William Francis Collier. Halifax : A. & W. Mackinlay, 1881. 399 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - LTH62 G81 C6 1880
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Great Britain — History — Textbooks
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History of the colonies of the British Empire in the West Indies, South America, North America, Asia, Austral-Asia, Africa and Europe : comprising the area, agriculture, commerce ... moveable and immoveable property, public companies, &c. of each colony w / by Robert Montgomery Martin. London : W.H. Allen, 1843. 602 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JVM36
Great Britain — Colonies — History.
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History of the war with America, France, Spain and Holland, commencing in 1775 and ending in 1783 / by John Andrews. London : Published .. for John Fielding ... and John Jarvis, 1785-1786. 4 v. : folded maps, portraits ; 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F36 An2
Library has: Volume 1.
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
Great Britain — History — 1760-1789.
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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.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F60 M35 - Akins
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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Great Britain. Public Record Office
Kew Lists (microfiche) / Public Record Office of UK. Norwich, England : HMSO Books, 1986-1988. 17 v. (35 pages, 3484 microfiche) : negative.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - CD1043 A555 1988
Comprising the 'Public Record Office current guide', together with the class lists to records of modern government departments which are held at the Public Record Office, Kew. 'Public Record Office current guide' originally published as: Guide to the contents of the Public Record Office: London, HMSO, 1963-1968. Title from p.1 of guide. Contents: v. 1. Introduction; Current guide, pt. 1. Administrative histories (fiches 1-42), pt. 2. Class descriptions (fiches [1-6]), pt. 3. Index to pts. 1-2 (fiches [1-10]); Kew lists, AB1/1-ADM 34 (to V, fiches 1-120) — v. 2. Kew lists, ADM 34 (from W)- ADM 217/214 (fiches 121-330) — v. 3. Kew lists, ADM 217/215- AO 1/1254 (fiches 331-570) — v. 4. Kew lists, AO 1/1255- BT 31/26286 (fiches 571-780) — v. 5. Kew lists, BT 31/26287- CO 215/4 (fiches 781-990) — v. 6. Kew lists, CO 216/1-DSIR 36/526 (fiches 991-1200) — v. 7. Kew lists, DSIR 36/527-FO63/1146 (fiches 1201-1410) — v. 8. Kew lists, FO 63/1147- FO 371/113452 (1954), FO 371/Index (1955) (fiches, 1411-1620) — v. 9. Kew lists, FO 371/113453 (1955)-HLG 68/119 (fiches 1621- -1860) — v. 10. Kew lists, HLG 68/120-INF 5/91 (fiches 1861-2070) — v. 11. Kew lists, INF 5/92-LAB 18/301 (fiches 2071-2280) — v. 12. Kew lists, LAB 18/302-MINT 11/21 (fiches 2281-2490) — v. 13. Kew lists, MINT 11/22-POWE 14/499 (fiches 2491-2700) — v. 14. Kew lists, POWE 14/500-RAIL 1057/1533 (fiches 2701-2910) — v. 15. Kew lists, RAIL 1057/2063-T 219/832/KEY (fiches 2911-3120) — v. 16. Kew lists, T 219/1-WO 171/10525 (fiches 3121-3330) — v. 17. Kew lists, WO 171/10526-ZSPC 11/END (fiches 3331-3484).
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Lives of eminent and illustrious Englishmen, from Alfred the Great to the latest times, on an original plan / Ed. by George Godfrey Cunningham. Illustrated by a series of finely executed portraits, selected from the most authentic sources, and engraved by eminent artists. Glasgow : A. Fullarton & Co., 1834-1842. 8 v. ; 22 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK DA4 C91 - Akins
Great Britain — Biography
Great Britain — History.
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Lloyd's Register: 250 years of service / Nigel Watson; managing ed.: Barbara Jones; assistant ed.: Louise Bloomfield. London : Lloyd's Register, 2010. 395 p: illustrations (chiefly col.), maps, ports., facsims.; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE565 L793 W341 2010
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Shipping — Periodicals — History
Marine insurance — Periodicals — History
Shipping — Great Britain — Periodicals — History
Ship registers — Great Britain — Periodicals — History.
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Lovell's history of the Dominion of Canada and other parts of British America Rev. ed. Montreal : J. Lovell, 1876. 245 pages
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F70 L94 - Akins
Canada — History
Great Britain — Colonies — America.
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Manuscripts and government records in the United Kingdom and Ireland relating to Canada / Bruce G. Wilson, editor ; Anita Burdett, Bruce G. Wilson, compilers = Manuscrits et documents gouvernementaux au Royaume-Uni et Irlande concernant le Canada / Bruce G. Wilson, rédacteur ; Anita Burdett, Bruce G. Wilson, compilateurs. Ottawa : National Archives Canada = Archives nationales Canada, 1992. xxxi, 705 pages ; 29 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - Z1382 W54 1992
English and French text.
Archives — Ireland
Archives — Great Britain
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Master and Madman : the surprising rise and disastrous fall of the Hon. Anthony Lockwood, RN / Peter Thomas and Nicholas Tracy. Fredericton, NB : Goose Lane, 2012. xvi, 272 pages, 8 pages of plates : illustrations, facsim., maps ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2471.1 L817 T461 2012 - Open Shelf
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Great Britain — Royal Navy — Officers — Biography
New Brunswick — History
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Memorial volume of the Popham celebration, August 29, 1862 : commemorative of the planting of the Popham colony on the Peninsula of Sabino, August 19, O.S. 1607, establishing the title of England on the continent / by Edward Ballard. Portland, Me. : Bailey & Noyes, 1863. xiv, 368 pages : maps ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F35.1 B21
Bound with: A vindication of the claims of Sir Ferdinando Gorges.
Popham colony
Great Britain — Colonies
Maine — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Men of the reign : a biographical dictionary of eminent persons of British and colonial birth who have died during the reign of Queen Victoria / ed. by Thomas Humphry Ward. London ; New York : G. Routledge, 1885. iv, 1028 pages ; 19 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DA4 M52
Great Britain — Biography
Great Britain — History — Victoria, 1837-1901.
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Military button manufacturers from the London directories, 1800-1899 / compiled by Peter Nayler. Ottawa : Parks Canada, National Historic Sites, 1993. iii, 71 pages : 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.392 #10 - Vertical File
Includes abstract in French.
Canadian Parks Service. National Historic Sites.
Button industry — England — London — Directories
Buttons — Great Britain — History — 19th century
Military paraphernalia — Great Britain — History — 19th century.
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North America at the time of the revolution a collection of eighteenth century maps, part III Lympne Castle, Kent : Harry Margary, 1975. 9 maps on 20 sheets + 4 introductory sheets ; size
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G1105 N6 1972 v. 3 - Map
Nova Scotia and the fighting Maroons : a documentary history Williamsburg, Va. : Department of Anthropology, College of William and Mary, 1990. xxiv, 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5221 B613 M354 - Open Shelf
Guest editor, Mavis C. Campbell.
Maroons — Nova Scotia — History — 18th century — Sources
Maroons — Government policy — Great Britain — History — 18th century — Sources
Nova Scotia — Race relations — Sources
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Origins of the American Revolution / by John C. Miller ; decorative drawings by Eric M. Simon. Boston : Little, Brown, 1943. xiv, 519 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F36 M61
An Atlantic monthly press book. Map on lining-papers.
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Causes
Great Britain — Colonies — America
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Private papers of British Colonial governors, 1782-1900 / Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts. London : H.M.S.O. : Available from HMSO Publications Centre, 1986. 66 pages ; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - JV1043 R888 P945
Includes index.
Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.
Colonial administrators — Great Britain — Colonies — Manuscripts — Union lists
Great Britain — Colonies — History — 19th century — Sources — Union lists
Great Britain — Colonies — History — 1
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Pursuit of profit and preferment in colonial North America : John Bradstreet's quest / William G. Godfrey. Waterloo, ON. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1982. xiii, 296 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5009.9 B74 G63 - Open Shelf
Includes index.
Soldiers — Canada — Biography
Canada — History — Seven Years' War, 1755-1763
Great Britain — Colonies — America.
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Great Britain. Historical Manuscripts Commission
Report on American manuscripts in the Royal Institution of Great Britain London : Printed for H. M. Stationery Office, by Mackie & Co., 1904-1909. 4 v. ; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - DA25 M2 A5
Includes index.
Stevens, Benjamin Franklin, 1833-1902.
Royal Institution of Great Britain.
Manuscripts — Great Britain — Catalogs
Manuscripts — Catalogs — Nova Scotia
United States — History — Revolution — Sources.
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Report on archives in Great Britain : list of acquisitions / by Richard J. Young. Ottawa : National Historic Sites Service, Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development, 1977. vi, 231 pages ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5015 C21 #278 - Open Shelf
Parks Canada. National Historic Parks and Sites Branch.
Archives — Great Britain
Public records — Great Britain — Storage — Bibliography
Halifax (N.S.) — History.
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RMS Titanic: the first violin: the story of the great liner's bandsman John Law Hume / by Yvonne Hume; forward by Millvina Dean. Catrine : Stenlake, 2011. 112 pages: illustrations (some col.); 31 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - G530 T6 H922 2011
Musicians — Great Britain — Biography
Shipwrecks — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 20th century.
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The administration of the colonies London : Printed for J. Wilkie ., 1764. [2], 131 pages ; 19 cm. (8vo)
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK DA3 F85 - Akins
By Thomas Pownall. Published anonymously. First edition References: Sabin 64814; TPL 6514. Signatures
Indians — Treatment of — North America
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763 — Sources
Great Britain — Colonies — America — Administration.
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The Book of Negroes / Lawrence Hill. Illustrated edition Toronto : HarperCollins Canada, 2009. 544 pages.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8565 I444 B66 2009
Slavery > Fiction
Slaves > United States > Fiction
African American loyalists > Fiction
Black loyalists > Nova Scotia > Fiction
African American loyalists > Sierra Leone > Fiction
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United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Fiction
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The colonial period of American history / by Charles M. Andrews. New Haven, Conn. : Yale University, 1934-38. 4 v. ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E188 AN3 C72
... the English side of the story … - Preface. Published on the Louis Stern Memorial Fund.
Yale University. Louis Stern Memorial Fund.
United States — History — Colonial period
Great Britain — Colonies — America
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Great Britain — Colonies — America.
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The genealogist's guide / by George W. Marshall. Guilford : privately printed for the author by Billing and Sons, 1903. xiii, 880 pages ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - CS M35 - Open Shelf
New edition, without the List of parish registers in the edition of 1893.
Great Britain — Genealogy — Bibliography
Great Britain — History, Local — Bibliography.
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