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Published:
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 3:00pm
Kenilworth Branch - Parking Lot Not Available

Due to a fence replacement, the parking lot will be unavailable from September 7-9. Nearby street parking is available, as is an HSR route. Thank you for your patience. 

Published:
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 - 2:00pm
Concession Branch - Construction Updates

Due to a glass door installation for the new Makerspace area, Concession Branch will close at 1 pm on Thursday, September 3. It is expected to reopen to its regular hours with limited services on Friday, September 4. Stay tuned for continual updates.

www.hpl.ca/concession

Published:
Tuesday, September 1, 2026 - 8:00am
Labour Day - All HPL Branches Closed

All HPL Branches are closed on Sunday, September 6 and Labour Day, Monday, September 7. Bookmobile is off the road. Extended Access is not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, September 8. 

Published:
Monday, August 31, 2026 - 2:45pm
Barton Branch - Construction in Area

Please note that Milton Avenue at Barton Street is under construction. Access to the parking lot is limited. Nearby street parking is available and an HSR route out front. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Monday, August 31, 2026 - 2:30pm
Print on the Go Currently Unavailable

The Print on the Go service is not working at all Branches. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.

Published:
Thursday, August 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Delayed Openings and Closures

Due to Staff training, the following service modifications are planned.

  • Turner Park: Wednesday, September 2, Noon-1 pm Closure
  • Red Hill: Friday, September 18, Delayed Opening of 10 am
  • Central Library: Tuesday, September 29, Delayed Opening of 10 am

Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for open alternate locations.

Published:
Tuesday, August 25, 2026 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Schedule Modifications for September

Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications for September: 

Please visit www.hpl.ca/bookmobile for updates on service modifications.

Tuesday, September 8                  

  • Strathcona - Cancelled 
  • McMaster - Cancelled 

Thursday, September 10              

  • Rockton and Millgrove visits moved to Saturdays (Starting September 12) 

Saturday, September 12               

  • Stoney Creek - Cancelled 
  • Riverdale - Cancelled 

Thursday, September 17       

  • Mohawk Gardens - Cancelled 
  • Meadowlands - Cancelled 

Friday, September 18             

  • Winona - Cancelled 
  • Queen Victoria - Cancelled
Published:
Monday, August 24, 2026 - 9:30am
Study Halls Pause for Summer Break

After Hours Study Hall is not available in July and August. Hours will resume Tuesday, September 8. www.hpl.ca/study-halls

Published:
Tuesday, June 23, 2026 - 3:00pm

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - A

A.M.M.
For King and Country: A story of 1812. "The Canadian Monthly" Prize Tale. Collections of Canadian Authors.
Toronto: Adam Stevenson & Co., 1874
iv, 264
R819.3 M182 CESC

Abbot, Willis J.
Blue Jackets of 1812. A history of the Naval Battles of the Second War with Great Britain. To which is prefixed an account of The French War of 1798 By Willis J. Abbot. Author of Blue Jackets of '61 with illustrations by W.C. Jackson and H.W. McVickar.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Publishers.
[1887]
viii, 409
R973.525 ABB CESC

American Naval Battles; being a Complete History of the battles fought by the navy of the United States, from its establishment in 1794 to the present time; including the wars with France and Tripoli; the late war with Great Britain, and with Algiers; with an account of the attack on Baltimore, and of the battle of New Orleans.
Embellished with twenty elegant engravings, representing battles, &c.
Boston: Printed and Published by Charles Gaylord. 1840
278, I
R973.52 AME CESC

An Abstract of the Public Documents, Exhibiting the Measures Recommended by the Administration, and the Proceedings in Relation to Them in Congress, Tending to Subject the People of the United States to a Military Conscription To Fill the Ranks of the Regular Army; and a Naval Impressment, To Supply Seamen for the Public Armed Vessels of the United States.
Georgetown: Printed by Robert Alleson. 1815
8 [uncut]
R973.52 ABS CESC

An Act Concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods.
June 26, 1812

An Address to members of the House of Representatives...on the Subject of the War with Great Britain.
see Tracts and Facts as to the War of 1812 (1)

[Anderson, Elbert]
Claims On the United States, By the Late Contractor for the State of New York, &c. For Services During the Late War.
New York: 1824
[3]-179, [1 leaf], 24, [2 pl.]
TPL 969 (without last 2 leaves)
R971.034 AND CESC

[Andrews, Charles]
The Prisoner's Memoirs, or Dartmoor Prison: Containing a complete and impartial history of The Entire Captivity of the Americans in England, From the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the Treaty of Ghent. Also, a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the Horrid massacre at Dartmoor, On the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815. The while carefully compiled by a Prisoner in England, Who was a captive during the whole war.
- Quoeque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui; quis talia fando,
Temperet et lacrymis?
Virg. I., ii, v. 5
"These sufferings I myself have seen, and to the greater part of which a was a principal party. Who can related such woes without a tear?
New York: Printed for the Author, 1852
152

An Answer to War in Disguise; or, Remarks upon The New Doctrine of England, concerning Neutral Trade.
"Illud Natura non patiatur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes, augeamus: et unum debeat esse omnibus propositum, ut eadem sit utilitas uniuscuiusque et universarum, quam si ad se quisque rapiat, dissolvitur omnis humana consortio." Cicero de Oratore. 3
New York: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour for I. Riley & Co., February, 1806
76

Armstrong, John
Notices of the War of 1812. By John Armstrong. In Two Volumes.
Volume I
New-York: George Dearborn, Publisher. 1836
263, errata
R971.034 ARM CESC

Atherton, William
Narrative of the Suffering & Defeat of the North-Western Army, under General Winchester: massacre of the Prisoners; Sixteen Months Imprisonment of the Writer and Others with the Indians and British.
By William Atherton
Frankfort, KY: Printed for the Author by A.G. Hodges
1842
152
R971.034 ATH CESC

Auchinleck, Gilbert
The War of 1812. A History of the War between Great Britain and the United States of America During the Years 1812, 1813 and 1814.
Toronto: W.C. Chewett & Co., 1862\vii, [3]-408, 3
Howes 380: Morgan pg. 14 [one of editors of Anglo American Magazine. [Toronto]]: Thibeault 10101
R971.053 Au22 CESC

Austin, Samuel
The Apology of Patriots, or The heresy of the friends of the Washington and peace policy defended. A Sermon preached in Worcester, Massachusetts, on the Day of the National Fast, Thursday, August 20, 1812. Observed in compliance with the recommendation of James Madison, President of the United States: and in consequence of the Declaration of War Against Great-Britain.
Published by request.
Printed in Worcester, by Isaac Sturtevant. 1812\32
R973.52 AUS CESC