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Bedard, Richard N

1910 census and historic sketch of Columbia Falls, County of Washington, Maine .. / compiled and transcribed by Richard N. Bedard.  Cherryfield, ME : Narraguagus Printing, 1990. 31 pages : port.; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.373 #3 - Vertical File

Census (1910) — Maine — Columbia Falls
Columbia Falls (Me.) — History

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Taylor, M. Brook

A camera on the Banks : Frederick William Wallace and the fishermen of Nova Scotia / M. Brook Taylor.  Fredericton, N.B. : Goose Lane Editions, 2006. 152 pages : illustrations, maps, ports. ; 21 x 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - SH224 N8 T238 2006

Smith, William

A caveat against emigration to America with the state of the island of Cape Breton from the year 1784 to the present year and suggestions for the benefit of the British settlements in North America London: E. Lloyd, 1803.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfilm 3979 - Open Shelf

On same reel as Letters to Lord XXX on a caveat against emigration to America

North America — Description and travel — 1784-1803
Cape Breton Island N.S. — History — 1785-1850

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Edgar, Matilda Ridout

A colonial governor in Maryland : Horatio Sharpe and his times, 1753-1773 / by Lady Edgar.  London : Longmans, Green, 1912. xvi, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F35.9 Ed3

Calkin, John B.

A history and geography of Nova Scotia / by John B. Calkin.  Halifax : A. & W. MacKinlay, 1911. 112 pages, [2] pages of plates : map ; 17 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F100 C12 H62 1911

Popple, Henry

A map of the British Empire in America with the French and Spanish settlements adjacent thereto / by Henry Popple ; C. Lempriere inv. & del. ;B. Baron, sculp. ; engraved by Willm. Henry Toms ; introductory notes by William P. Cumming and Helen Wallis.  Lympne Castle, Kent : Harry Margary, 1972. 1 atlas ([3], 20 pages of plates) : maps ; 60 x 7

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - O/S G1105 N6 1972 v. 1 - Map

Reprint. Original published: London : S. Harding, 1733. Part I of North America at the Time of the Revolution contains a reproduction of Henry Popple's 20 sheet map of the British Empire in America of 1733, with an Introduction by William pages Cumming and Helen Wallis--Publisher's note, leaf [8], part 3. Index map: leaf [3] Issued also in sheets. Sold by the proprietors S. Harding ... St. Martins Lane, and W.H. Toms ... in Union Court near Hatton Garden Holborn--leaf [3]

Cumming, William Patterson, 1900-
Margary, Harry
Wallis, Helen.

Cartography — North America — History
Maps, Early — Facsimiles
North America — Maps — To 1800.

Raynal, Guillaume Thomas

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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A relation of a voyage to Sagadahoc Cambridge Mass. : Cambridge University Press, 1880. 43 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F37.55 M38p ser.1 v.18 - Open Shelf

Douglass, William

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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Adams, John

A view of universal history, from the creation to the present time .. / by the Rev. J. Adams, A.M.  London : Printed for G. Kearsley ., 1795. 3 v. ; (8 vo.).

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ESTC 1990 Adams t066146.

World history — Early works to 1800.

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Poor, John A.

A vindication of the claims of Sir Fernando Gorges, as the father of English colonization in America / by John A. Poor.  New York : D. Appleton & Co., 1862. 144 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F35.1 B21

Bound with: Memorial volume of the Popham celebration. At head of title: English colonization in America.

Great Britain — Colonies
United States — History — Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

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Reid, John G.

Acadia, Maine and New Scotland : marginal colonies in the seventeenth century / John G. Reid.  Ottawa : National Library of Canada, 1977. maps ; 10.5 x 14.8 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - Microfiche R356 - Open Shelf

Reid, John G.

Acadia, Maine and New Scotland : marginal colonies in the seventeenth century / John G. Reid.  Toronto : Published in association with Huronia Historical Parks, Ontario Ministry of Culture and Recreation by University of Toronto Press, 1981. xviii, 293 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5060 R356 - Open Shelf

Winzerling, Oscar William

Acadian odyssey / by Oscar William Winzerling.  Baton Rouge, La. : Louisiana State University Press, 1955. xi, 224 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F100 W73

Jones, Ted

All the days of his life : a biography of Archdeacon H.A. Cody / by Ted Jones.  Saint John : New Brunswick Museum, 1981. 428 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - PS8505 O2 Z73

Smelser, Marshall

American colonial and Revolutionary history New York : Barnes & Noble, 1950. vii, 263 pages: maps; 21 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - E187 S638 A512

Chalmers, George

An introduction to the history of the revolt of the American colonies : a comprehensive view of its origin derived from the State papers contained in the public offices of Great Britain / by George Chalmers.  Boston, Mass. : Ames Munro and Co., 1845. 2 v. ; 24 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - F35 C3

Plank, Geoffrey Gilbert

An unsettled conquest : the British campaign against the peoples of Acadia / Geoffrey Plank.  Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. 239 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2321.2 P63 2001 - Open Shelf

Henderson, T. Stephen

Angus L. MacDonald : a Provincial Liberal / T. Stephen Henderson.  Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 2006. viii, 300 pages : illustrations

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2325.1 M32 H45 2006 - Open Shelf

Walker, Sally M.

Blizzard of glass: the Halifax explosion of 1917 / Sally M. Walker.  New York : Henry Holt, 2011. xii, 145 pages: illustrations, maps; 25 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - FC2346.4 H173 W184 2011 - Open Shelf

Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-140 and index. Recounts the story from World War I in which two towns were leveled and almost two thousand people killed following the collison of two warships in Halifax Harbour and a blizzard that dumped over a foot of snow in the area.

Halifax Explosion, Halifax, N.S., 1917 — Juvenile literature
Explosions — Nova Scotia — Halifax — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature
Halifax (N.S.) — History — 20th century — Juvenile literature.

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Ruck, Calvin W.

Canada's black battalion : No. 2 Construction, 1916-1920 / by Calvin W. Ruck.  Halifax : Society for the Protection and Preservation of Black Culture in Nova Scotia, 1986. x, 143 pages : illustrations, ports. ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - UA602 C54 R8 1986

Celebration of the 100th anniversary of the settlement of Stewiacke : held on October 6th, 1880 Truro : Guardian Newspaper & Job Printing Office, 1880. 64 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - AK F107 ST4 - Akins

Guardian (Truro, N.S.)

Stewiacke (N.S.)
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Forbes, Ernest R.

Challenging the regional stereotype : essays on the 20th century Maritimes / Ernest R. Forbes.  Fredericton, N.B. : Acadiensis Press, 1989. 220 pages ; 23 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - F5180 F693 - Open Shelf

McKenna, Mary Olga

Charity alive : Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Halifax, 1950-1980 / Mary Olga McKenna.  Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, 1998. xxvi, 376 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - BX4464 H35 M35 1998

Halifax (N.S.) — Church history — 20th century.

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Murphy, Vernita M.

Chronicles of another era / Vernita M. Murphy ; illustrated by Aline (Murphy) Journeay.  British Columbia : 1991-. illustrations; 20-22 cm.

Nova Scotia Archives Library - use request slip - V/F V.374 #18 - Vertical File

Book 2 printed: Amherst, N.S. : Acadian Print., 1993.

Journeay, Aline Murphy.

Annapolis (N.S. : County) — Anecdotes
Annapolis (N.S. : County) — History — 20th century

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