The History of the Regiment of the South Carolina Royalists (1778-1783) / by Dallas L. Phelps. Camden, SC : Dallas L. Phelps, 2024. 70 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E267 P44 2024
The South Carolina Royalists were a Loyalist regiment during the American War of Independence who eventually were defeated. While some stayed, a lot opted to come to Nova Scotia and settle there with land grants. Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-63).
Great Britain — Army — South Carolina Royalist Regiment
South Carolina — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Campaigns
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Regimental histories
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Officers and Men of the 71st Fraser Highland Regiment who settled in Guysborough, Nova Scotia / by Ed Brumby. Lulu Press Incorporated, 2023. 190 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321.3 B78 2023 - Open Shelf
This book details the military, genealogical and land grant applications of the 57 officers and men of the 71st Fraser Highland Regiment who settled in Guysborough, Nova Scotia in 1784 after the American War of Independence. It is based on recruiting details, muster lists, prisoner of war documents, military account books and other documents.
Great Britain — Army — 71st Regiment of (Highland) Foot
Scots — Nova Scotia
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
Nova Scotia — Emigration and immigration — History — 18th century
Scotland — Emigration and immigration — History — 18th century
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Disaster Citizenship : survivors, solidarity, and power in the Progressive Era / Jacob A.C. Remes. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2016. xi, 283 pages : illustrations, maps, plans, 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HV555 U6 R46 2016
A century ago, governments buoyed by Progressive Era-beliefs began to assume greater responsibility for protecting and rescuing citizens. Yet the aftermath of two disasters in the United States-Canada borderlands--the Salem Fire of 1914 and the Halifax Explosion of 1917--saw working class survivors instead turn to friends, neighbors, coworkers, and family members for succor and aid. Both official and unofficial responses, meanwhile, showed how the United States and Canada were linked by experts, workers, and money. In Disaster Citizenship, Jacob A.C. Remes draws on histories of the Salem and Halifax events to explore the institutions--both formal and informal--that ordinary people relied upon in times of crisis. He explores patterns and traditions of self-help, informal order, and solidarity and details how people adapted these traditions when necessary. Yet, as he shows, these methods--though often quick and effective--remained illegible to reformers. Indeed, soldiers, social workers, and reformers wielding extraordinary emergency powers challenged these grassroots practices to impose progressive 'solutions' on what they wrongly imagined to be a fractured social landscape. Innovative and engaging, Disaster Citizenship excavates the forgotten networks of solidarity and obligation in an earlier time while simultaneously suggesting new frameworks in the emerging field of critical disaster studies. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Disaster relief — Social aspects — United States — History — 20th century
Disaster relief — Social aspects — Canada — History — 20th century
Fires — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917
Working class — Massachusetts — Salem — History — 20th century
Working class — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century
Solidarity — Social aspects — History — 20th century
Power (Social sciences) — History — 20th century
Salem (Mass.) — Social conditions — 20th century
Halifax (N.S.) — Social conditions — 20th century
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Remembering slavery : African Americans talk about their personal experiences of slavery and emancipation / edited by Ira Berlin, Marc Favreau, and Steven F. Miller. New York : New Press ; Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1998. lii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. + 2 sound cassettes (analog)
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E444 R46 1998
Includes live recordings of interviews with former slaves and dramatic readings from written interviews. Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-348) and index. V.1 - Book. V.2 - Cassettes.
Favreau, Marc, 1968-
Miller, Steven F.
Enslaved persons — Southern States — Interviews
Enslaved persons — Southern States — Social conditions — 19th century — Sources
African Americans — Southern States — Social conditions — 19th century — Sources
Freed persons — United States — Interviews
Slavery — Southern States — History
Enslaved persons — Southern States — History
Plantation life — Southern States — History — 19th century
African Americans — Interviews
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71st Fraser Highland Regiment in the American War of Independence / by Ed Brumby. 2nd edition Syston, Leicestershire, England : Anchorprint Group Limited, 2017. 323 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E267 B78 2017
Author's note on page 126 : The beginning of Chapter 8: Settler's Abroad, focused on the settlers of the highland regiments through Nova Scotia/Cape Breton Island, New Brunswick, and other provinces.
Great Britain. — Army. — Regiment of Foot, 71st (Highland Light Infantry)
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — British forces
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Regimental histories
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Participation, Scottish
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Steam titans : Cunard, Collins, and the epic battle for commerce on the North Atlantic / by William M Fowler Jr. . New York : Bloomsbury, 2017. 358 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - HE945 A2 F69 2017
Steam Titan' tells the story of a transatlantic fight born of and powered by steam, a fight to wrest control of the globe's most lucrative trade route. It's the story of two men: Samuel Cunard and Edward Knight Collins, and two nations: Great Britain and the United States. Wielding the tools of technology, finance, and politics--and at the same time coping with the inevitable, sometimes crushing, perils of the sea--these opposing forces fought to capture control of a commercial lifeline that spanned the North Atlantic. Tracing the paths of ships, goods, people, information and money, historian William M. Fowler Jr. brings to life the spectacle of this generation-long struggle for supremacy, during which New York rose to take her place among the greatest ports and cities of the world, and recounts the tale of competition that was the opening act in the drama of economic globalization that is still unfolding today. Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-350) and index.
Collins, Edward Knight, 1802-1878
Cunard, Samuel, Sir, 1787-1865
Collins Line
Cunard Steamship Company, ltd
Merchant marine — North Atlantic Ocean — Biography
Steamboat lines — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Shipping — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
Steamboats — North Atlantic Ocean — History — 19th century
United States — Commerce — 19th century
Great Britain — Commerce — 19th century
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The Consequences of Loyalism : Essays in Honor of Robert M. Calhoon / edited by Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore. Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, 2019. xii, 333 pages ; 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E277 C65 2019
Since the 1970s scholars have regarded Robert M. Calhoon as an invigorating and definitive force when it comes to the study of American Loyalism. His decades-long work redefined the Loyalists' role in the American Revolution from being portrayed as static characters opposing change to being seen eventually as reactionary actors adapting to a society in upheaval. Loyalists were central to the Revolution, and Calhoon and these authors argue that they were not so different in ideology from their Patriot neighbors — except occasionally when they were. In The Consequences of Loyalism, Rebecca Brannon and Joseph S. Moore seek to provide an understanding of Calhoon's foundational influence and the development continuing in the wake of his prolific career. Includes bibliographic references and index.
Calhoon, Robert M. — (Robert McCluer)
American loyalists
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
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The history of the great Indian war of 1675 and 1676, commonly called Philip's War : also, the old French and Indian wars, from 1689 to 1704 / by Thomas Church ; with numerous notes and an appendix by Samuel G. Drake. Rev. ed. New York : H. Dayton, 1859. 360 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche CIHM 48700 - Open Shelf Internet Archive
'The unexampled achievements of our fathers should not be forgotten.--Washington.' Tables. Includes index.
Drake, Samuel G. Samuel Gardner, 1798-1875.
King Philip's War, 1675-1676
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763.
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United Empire Loyalists enquiry into the losses and services in consequence of their loyalty : evidence in the Canadian claims Toronto : Archives of Ontario, 1984. 11 X 15 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche A629 - Open Shelf
On container: Loyalist settlements, 1783-1789. Header title. In container, 12 X 16 cm. Companion works: Loyalist settlements, 1783-1789, new evidence of Canadian Loyalist claims; and, Loyalist settlements, 1783-1789, the land portfolio of maps.
United Empire loyalists — Sources
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Claims
Canada — History — 1763-1791 — Sources
Canada — Genealogy
United States — Genealogy.
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A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North America / by William Douglass. Boston: 1755. 2 v.: 21 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3762 - Open Shelf
United States — History
Great Britain — Colonies
Nova Scotia — History — To 1763.
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A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North America / by William Douglass. Boston : Printed and sold by Rogers and Fowle, 1749-1753 i.e. 1758. 2 v. ; 20 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3762 - Open Shelf
Volume 2 has imprint: Boston, New England : printed and sold by D. Fowle, 1753. Appended to vol. 2 are pages 417-440, with caption: In to render his work more compleat, the following is collected from Mr. Salmon's Geographical and historical grammar, printed in London, 1757 i.e. the 6th edition 1758 being included.
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Atlantic States — Description and travel
Canada — History — To 1763 New France
America — Discovery and exploration.
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Our spy in Nova Scotia / by H. Franklin Irwin Jr.. Washington, D.C. : American Foreign Service Association, 1981. pages 34-39.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.543 #3 - Vertical File
In: Foreign Service Journal, June 1981.
Jackson, Mortimer Melville,--1814-1889.
Canadians—United States—History—19th century
"United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865—Participation, Canadian."
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Calendars of treasury 77/20 and treasury 77/21 / W. Bruce Antliff. Kingston, Ont. : W. Bruce Antliff, 2003. ix, 80 pages : 22 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.539 #8 - Vertical File
Addendum inside front cover.
United Empire Loyalists — Indexes
United States — History — Claims. — Revolution, 1775-1783
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Internees, evacuees, and immigrants / by John Boileau. Winnipeg, Man. : Canada's National History Society, 2004. pages 31-35 : illustrations; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.538 #24 - Vertical File
In: The Beaver, vol. 82. no. 1, February/March 2004.
United States — History — Prisoners and prisons. — War of 1812
Halifax (N.S.) — History
Melville Island (N.S.)
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Ship in a bottle / by John B. Boileau. Leesburg, Va. : Primedia, 2003. ppages 32-38 : illustrations, ports.; 27 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.536 #22 - Vertical File
Yankee warships waited like sharks outside Halifax harbor. The Tallahassee was trapped inside -- unless her captain was willing to try the impossible . . . [article lead-in
Nova Scotia — History — 1784-1867
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865 — Foreign public opinion, Canada.
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Of tea and Tories : the story of Revolutionary Marshfield Marshfield, 1976. 24 pages : illustrations maps.; 25 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.535 #7 - Vertical File
United Empire loyalists
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
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Nova Scotia and the American Civil War / by Robert Grant.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.513 #1 - Vertical File
In Civil War times 24 : 28-32 Mar. 1986.
United States — History — Civil War, 1861-1865
Nova Scotia — History — 1835-1864
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The war at sea : France and the American Revolution : a bibliography / compiled by Barbara A. Lynch. Washington, D.C. : Naval History Division, Dept. of the Navy, 1976. vii, 48 pages : 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.356 #13 - Vertical File
Includes index.
United States. Naval History Division.
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Participation, French — Bibliography
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Naval operations — Bibliography.
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Coastal shipping under sail, 1880-1920 / Charles S. Morgan. Concord, Mass. : Morgan, 1979. 22 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.334 #35 - Vertical File
Thirty-seventh annual Newcomen lecture presented at the United States Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, November 3, 1978. Fictitious imprint on t.p.: New York : Newcomen Society in North America.
Newcomen Society in North America.
Coastwise shipping — United States — History — Addresses, essays, lectures
Sailing ships — United States — History — Addresses, essays, lectures.
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Lettre de M. l'abbé Le Guerne, missionnaire de l'Acadie / trouvée récemment dans les Archives de la cure de N.-D. de Québec et publiée par C.O. Gagnon. Québec : 1889. 50 pages : 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.317 #6 - Vertical File
Notice biographique sur M. l'abbé Le Guerne: p. [9-26.
Gagnon, C.-O. (Charles-Octave), 1857-1926.
United States — History — French and Indian War, 1755-1763
Nova Scotia — History
Acadia.
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An inquiry into the merits of the principal naval actions, between Great-Britain and the United States : comprising an account of all British and American ships of war, reciprocally captured and destroyed, since the 18th of June 1812 / by William James. Halifax : Printed for the author, by Anthony H. Holland, 1816. vi, 102 pages : 21 cm.
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Expanded ed. published 1817 under the title: A full and correct account of the chief naval occurrences of the late war between Great-Britain and the United States of America References: Gagnon I 1774; Sabin 35719; TPL 1056; Akins; Dennis; Lande 4
United States — History — War of 1812 — Naval operations
Canada — History — War of 1812 — Naval operations
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Life and remarkable adventures of Israel R. Potter Providence : Henry Trumbell, 1824. 55 pages; 28 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.280 #34 - Vertical File
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783
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The Dutch and the Iroquois : suggestions as to the importance of their friendship in the great struggle of the eighteenth century for the possession of this continent / by Charles H. Hall. New York : Printed by F. Hart & Company, 1882. 55 pages : 24 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.256 #34 - Vertical File
Being a paper read before the Long Island Historical Society, February 21, 1882.
Iroquois Indians
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
New York (State) — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
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Dubros times : selected depositions of Maine Revolutionary War veterans / edited by Sylvia J. Sherman. Augusta : Maine State Archives, 1975. viii, 20 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.250 #23 - Vertical File
United States — History — Revolution, 1775-1783 — Personal narratives
Maine — Biography.
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Guide to the personal papers in the manuscript collections of the Minnesota Historical Society Saint Paul, 1935. 146 pages : 23 cm.
Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.245 #7 - Vertical File
Manuscripts — Minnesota — Catalogs
Minnesota — History — Sources — Bibliography — Catalogs
United States — History — Sources — Bibliography — Catalogs.
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