The Canadian freeholder : in two dialogues between an Englishman and a Frenchman, settled in Canada : shewing the sentiments of the bulk of the freeholders of Canada concerning the late Quebeck-Act ... as a ground for a reconciliation with the United Colo / by Francis Maseres. London : Sold by B. White, 1776-1779. 8 v.
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Attributed to Francis Maseres--National Union Catalog pre-1956 imprints. Half title: The Canadian freeholder: dialogue I --pages [1].
United States — Politics and government — 1775-1783
Massachusetts — Politics and government — 1775-1783
Great Britain — Colonies — Administration.
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To the King's Most Excellent Majesty : the memorial of Peter Livius, Your Majesty's Chief Justice of your province of Quebec, in North America / by Peter Livius. London : 1778. 46 pages
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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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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
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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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Hawkins's picture of Quebec : with historical recollections / by Alfred Hawkins. Quebec : Printed for the proprietor by Neilson and Cowan, 1834. 477 pages ; 20 cm.
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Compiled, and in part written, by J. C. Fisher. cf. Pref.
Fisher, John Charlton, d. 1849.
Québec (Québec) — Description and travel
Québec (Québec) — History.
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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.
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Fortia facta patrum ... Virg. Aen. I. 641.
America — Discovery and exploration
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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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An account of discoveries in the west until 1519, and of voyages to and along the Atlantic coast of North America : from 1520 to 1573 / prepared for the Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society by Conway Robinson. Richmond, Va. : Virginia Historical and Philosophical Society, 1848. 491 pages ; 23 cm.
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Includes bibliographical references.
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Purchas his Pilgrimage : relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, ... declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since / by Samuel Purchas. London : printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1613. 752 pages
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Religions
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Purchas his Pilgrimage : relations of the world and the religions observed in all ages and places discovered, ... declaring the ancient religions before the flovd, the heathnish, Jewish, and Saracenicall in all ages since / by Samuel Purchas. 4th ed. London : printed by W. Stansby for H. Fetherstone, 1626.
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Religions
Geography
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Voyages from Asia to America, for completing the discoveries of the north west coast of America : to which is prefixed, a summary of the voyages made by the Russians on the frozen sea, in search of a north east passage : serving as an explanation of a map / translated from the High Dutch of S. i.e. G. Muller ; with the addition of three new maps by Thomas Jefferys. London : Printed for T. Jefferys, 1761. 76 pages
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Discoveries in geography — Russian
Northeast Passage
Northwest Coast of North America.
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Herrera y Tordesillas, Antonio de, 1559-1625
The general history of the vast continent and islands of America, commonly call'd the West-Indies, from the first discovery thereof: with the best accounts the people could give of their antiquities. Collected from the original London : Printed for J. Batley, 1725-26. 6 v. ; 20 cm.
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Latin America — History — To 1600
America — Discovery and exploration — Spanish
America — Early accounts to 1600.
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History of the voyages and discoveries made in the North. Translated from the German of John Reinhold Forster ... and elucidated by several new and original maps / by Johann Reinhold Forster. London : Printed for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1786.
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Arctic regions — Discovery and exploration.
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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
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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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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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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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The dangerous voyage of Capt. Thomas James, in his intended discovery of a northwest passage into the south sea wherein the miseries endured, both going, wintering and returning ... to which is added, a map for sailing in those seas ...with an appendix co / by Thomas James. The second edition, revised and corrected. London : Printed in 1633, and now Reprinted for O. Payne, 1740. 142 pages : map, port. ; 20 cm.
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Northwest Passage
Arctic regions — Discovery and exploration.
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A voyage to Hudson's-Bay by the Dobbs Galley and California in the years 1746 and 1747 for discovering a North West Passage : with an accurate survey of the coast and a short natural history of the country together with a fair view of the facts and ar / by Henry Ellis. London : Printed for H. Whitridge, 1748. 336 pages
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To which is prefixed An Historical Account of the Attempts hitherto made for the finding a Passage that way to the East-Indies. Illustrated with proper cuts ...
Northwest Passage — Discovery and exploration
Hudson Bay — Discovery and exploration
Arctic regions — Discovery and exploration.
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The possibility of approaching the North Pole asserted / by D. Barrington. A new edition / London : Printed for T. and J. Allman, 1818. 258 pages
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Half title: On the possibility of approaching the North Pole.
Northwest Passage
Arctic regions
North Pole.
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Two months on the Tobique, New Brunswick : an emigrant's journal, 1851 London : Smith, Elder, 1866. vii, 196 pages ; 20 cm.
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Reference: TPL 3181.
New Brunswick — Description and travel
Tobique River (N.B.)
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A statement of the Escheat question, in the Island of Prince Edward : together with the causes of the late agitation, and the remedies proposed / by George R. Young. London : R. & W. Swale, 1838. 72 pages : form ; 21 cm.
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Appendix: pages [69]-72. Reference: TPL 2239.
Prince Edward Island — Politics and government — To 1873.
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Petitions from Prince Edward Island, addressed to the King : representing the conduct of Lieut.-Governor Charles Douglass Smith, the defective state of the administration of justice and concluding with a prayer for his removal from office London : 1824. iv, 55 pages ; 20 cm.
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Pref. signed and dated: J. Stewart, London, March 17th, 1824. Includes petitions from King's, Queen's and Prince Counties, and the Grand Jury of Prince Edward Island, to have the Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island, Charles Douglass Smith, re
Judicial corruption — Prince Edward Island
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Prince Edward Island — Politics and government — To 1873.
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A description of Prince Edward Island, in the Gulf of St. Laurence, North America : with a map of the island, and a few cursory observations respecting the climate, natural productions, and advantages of its situation, in regard to agriculture and commerc / by a person many years resident there. London : Printed and sold by Robert Ashby and Co. ... and W. Winchester and Son ., 1805. 16 pages, [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm.
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By John Cambridge. Cf. Dict. of Can. biogr., v. 6, pages 107-110. Reference: TPL 6820. First edition ([1798] issued under title: A description of the Island of St. John, in the Gulf of St. Laurence, North America (Cf. Gagnon II 628; Sabin 75278 and s
Prince Edward Island — Description and travel — To 1873
Prince Edward Island — Emigration and immigration.
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A chronological chart of the history of Prince Edward Island, from its discovery A.D. 1498, to A.D. 1849 / A.A. Bynon. 2d ed., rev. Charlottetown P.E.I. : Examiner, 185-. p.
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Examiner (Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
Prince Edward Island — History
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A bill to provide for the better internal government of this island by the establishment of local or municipal authorities therein Charlottetown P.E.I. : E. Whelan, 1857. 23 pages
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Whelan, E. (Charlottetown, P.E.I.)
Prince Edward Island — Politics and government
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