Modified Bookmobile Service - September 15-18

Bookmobile has the following schedule modifications. Thank you for your patience. 

Monday, September 15

  • Mohawk College, 12-1pm - Cancelled

Tuesday, September 16

  • Greencedar, 4-5pm - Cancelled

Wednesday, September 17

  • Helen Detwiler - Changed to 11-11:30am

Thursday, September 18

  • Meadowlands - Changed to 3:30-4pm
  • Bennetto - Changed to 4:45-5:30pm
 
 
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Affected Branch: Bookmobile
Nearest Branches: 
Published:
Friday, September 12, 2025 - 3:00pm
Replacement and Damage Fees Resume October 1st

To avoid a replacement or lost fee, please return library materials due October 1st or later within 28 days. Replacement fees are intended to encourage Members to return items on a timely basis so everyone in the community can enjoy them. 

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All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm
Central Library - Fourth Floor Temporary Closure

Central Library's Fourth Floor is closed on Tuesday, September 16, from Noon to 6 pm due to a special event. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 are available as study and work spaces. www.hpl.ca/central

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Wednesday, September 10, 2025 - 10:00am
Kenilworth Branch - Temporary Closure (Sept 2 - Oct 10)

Due to roof repair maintenance, the Branch is temporarily closed from September 2 until October 10. Please visit the Red Hill, Parkdale, and Barton locations as your nearest branches for your library needs. On August 28-29, there may be some noise disruptions and limited parking spots while the roof repair set-up begins. Thank you for your patience.

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Published:
Monday, August 11, 2025 - 8:00am

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - P

Palmer, Francis Sterne
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Strange Stories of 1812...

Palmer, T. H. (ed.)
The Historical Register of the United States. From the Declaration of War in 1812 to January 1, 1814. Two volumes (Vol. I part I; Vol. II part II)
Second edition
Philadelphia: G. Palmer, 1814
x, 226; iii, 351
Howes 7719; Sabin 58379 "originally four volumes; TPL 990
R971.034 HIS CESC

Papers Relating to the War with America
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R973.5254 PAP CESC

Parish, John C. (ed.)
The Robert Lucas Journal of the War of 1812. During the Campaign Under General William Hull. Edited by John C. Parish [autograph: With high regard. John C. Parish]
Published at Iowa City Iowa in 1906 by The State Historical Society of Iowa
(Ltd. to 400 copies)
ix, 103
R973.523 LUC CESC

Parson, Usher
Battle of Lake Erie. A Discourse, delivered before the Rhode-Island Historical Society, on the Evening of Monday, February 16, 1852, by Usher Parkson. Published at the request of the Society.
Providence: Benjamin T. Albro, 1853
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Sabin 58917; TPL 955
R971.034 PAR CESC

Parson, Usher
Brief Sketches of the Officers who were in the Battle of Lake Erie. From the New England Historical and Genealogical Register.
Albany, N.Y.: J. Munsell, 1862
13
R971.034 PAR CESC

Perkins, Samuel 1767-1850
A History of The Political and Military Events of the Late War between the United States and Great Britain.
New Haven: S. Converse, 1825
xi, 512
Howes 7894; Sabin 60972; TPL 1069
R971.034 PER CESC

Peterson, Charles J.
The Military Heroes of the War of 1812: With a Narrative of the War.
Philadelphia: William A. Leary, 1848
208
Sabin 61236
bound with: The Military Heroes of the War with Mexico: with a Narrative of the War.
Philadelphia: William A. Leary, 1848
xiii,[13]-282
Sabin 61237
R973.52 PET CESC

Pickering, Timothy 1745-1829
A Letter from the Hon. Timothy Pickering, a Senator of the United States from the State of Massachusetts, Exhibiting to his Constituents a View of the imminent Danger of an Unnecessary and Ruinous War. Addressed to His Excellency James Sullivan, Governor of the said State Portsmouth: Printed by William Treadwell, and Presented to Patrons of the Oracle, 1808
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Sabin 62652; TPL 838
R971.034 PIC CESC

Pickering, Timothy 1745-1829
A Letter from the Hon. Timothy Pickering, A Senator of The United States from the State of Massachusetts, Exhibiting to His Constituents A View of the Imminent Danger of an Unnecessary and Ruinous War. Addressed to His Excellency James Sullivan, Governor of the Said State.
Boston: Printed by Greenough and Stebbins, 1808
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The Portfolio
Volume II. Third Series. Nos. 1 (January 1814) to 6 (June, 1814)
[1]-112; [113]-202; [203]-295; [296]-383; [383]-498; [499]-624
R971.034 POR CESC

Pratt, Julius W.
Expansionists of 1812
New York: Peter Smith, [1925], 1949
309
R971.034 PRA CESC

Preston, Richard Arthur 1910-
Kingston Before the War of 1812. A Collection of Documents.
Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1959
#391 of 600
cxvi, 428
Watters pg. 724
R971.04 P926 CESC
Price-Brown, John 1844-1939
Laura the Undaunted.
Toronto: The Ryerson Press, 1930
viii, 279
Watters pg. 369
R819.3 B813L CESC

The Proceedings of a Convention of Delegates, From the States of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode-Island; The Counties of Cheshire and Grafton, in the State of New-Hampshire; and the County of Windham, in the State of Vermont; - Convened at Hartford, in the State of Connecticut, December 15th, 1814.
Third edition, corrected and improved.
Boston: printed and published by Wells and Lilly, 1815
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