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Published:
Thursday, April 30, 2026 - 5:30pm
Central Library: Non-Partner Survey
Starting Monday, April 27 until May 4, non-partner community organizations are encouraged to participate in a short survey. HPL would like to learn how the Library Card Access Pilot Project and the toxic drug crisis in general affect non-partner organizations. Please note that the survey is not anonymous. Start now at www.hpl.ca/non-partner-survey.
Published:
Monday, April 27, 2026 - 9:30am
Software Maintenance - Victoria Day, Monday, May 18
Due to software maintenance, HPL library's catalogue, online services and library accounts will not be available between 9am and 7pm on Monday, May 18. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Friday, April 24, 2026 - 9:00am
Central Library - Fire Drill, Tuesday, May 5, 11am
Due to Staff training, Central Library will close from 11am to Noon on Tuesday, May 5. You may visit Locke and Barton Branches as the next nearest locations for your library needs. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Thursday, April 23, 2026 - 9:00am
Concession Branch - Renovations Underway
Renovations are expected to be completed by May 7. Construction repairs and noise may impact your next visit. Thank you for your understanding.
Published:
Monday, April 13, 2026 - 1:15pm
Mount Hope Branch - Delayed Opening, Monday, May 4
Due to Staff training, Mount Hope Branch will have a delayed opening of 2 pm on Monday, May 4. You may visit Turner Park Branch as the next nearest location for your library needs. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Friday, March 27, 2026 - 8:00am
Central Library: Children's Area Renovation on 2nd Floor
Renovations are currently underway for the 2nd floor Central Children's Area. Programs are still being offered as scheduled and there is a temporary pop-up Children’s Area on the northeast side of the 2nd floor (near the Piano Room), including access to collections and train tables. Construction is expected to be completed by late Spring. Thank you for your patience during this time.
Published:
Monday, March 23, 2026 - 9:00am
Sherwood Branch: Renovations
As of Monday, March 2, Sherwood Branch's 2nd floor is closed due to renovations. Makerspace, Children and Teen's collection are temporarily available on the 1st floor. All programs will be held in the basement program room. Renovations are expected to be completed in late Spring. Thank you for your patience.
Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - U
United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[48] Report of the Committee of Ways and Means, on the Petition of Joseph W. Page.
January 28, 1814
Read and committed to a committee of the whole house on Thursday next.
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814
4,[4]
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[41] Report of the Committee on Naval Affairs on the Petition of Weston Jenkins and Others, accompanying A Bill for the Relief of Weston Jenkins and Others.
January 13, 1815
Read and Ordered to be printed.
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1815
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[46] Report of The Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on The Petition of Amy Darden, and Others.
January 19, 1815
Accompanied by "A bill for the relief of the legal representatives of David Darden, deceased."
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1815
6
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[31] Report of The Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, on the Petition of Ann Brown.
January 11, 1814
Read and ordered to lie on the table
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1814
4
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[43] Report of The Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims on The Petition of Mary Chever.
January 25, 1814
Read and committed to a committee of the whole House to-morrow.
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1814
4
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[66] Report of the committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims on the Petition of Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer.
Made March 13, 1816
Accompanied with a bill concerning Sarah Easton and Dorothy Storer.
3, [1]
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[85] Report of the committee on Public Expenditure on the memorial and accounts of Colonel James Thomas, quarter-master general.
February 15, 1817
Read, and ordered to lie upon the table.
16
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United States. Congress. House of Representative.
[37] Report of the Committee on the Public Land, on the Petition of Sundry Inhabitants of the Mississippi Territory praying The interference of congress in quieting and adjusting claims to lands in said territory.
December 21, 1814
Read and ordered to be printed
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814
10
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of the Committee to whom was Referred A Message from the President of the United States, of the Twenty-Third of December Last, in Relation To the Presentation of a Gold Medal to Commodore Preble and Swords to the Officers of His Squadron.
February 26, 1813. Read and referred to a committee of the whole house on Monday next.
Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1813
14
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of The Committee to whom was referred So Much of the Message of the President of the United States, at the Commencement of the Session, as Relates to the Spirit and Manner in which the War has been Waged by the Enemy.
July 31, 1813. Resolution agreed to and forwarded to the President.
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1813
190
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of The Committee to whom was Referred The amendments from the house of representatives, to the bill "to authorize the president of the United States to call upon the several states and territories thereof, for their respective quotas of eighty thousand four hundred and thirty militia, for the defense of the frontiers of the United States."
December 17, 1814. Printed by order of the senate of the United States.
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1814
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[33] Report of The Committee to whom was referred the Communication of Patrick Magruder, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Relative to the Destruction of the Library, & c.
December 12, 1814
Read, and referred to a committee of the whole house on Monday next.
Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1814
12, Appendix M, A, B/C, T
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[45] Report of The Committee to whom was referred The Letter from the Clerk of the House of Representatives, of The Nineteenth of December, 1814; and To whom was recommitted their former report, of twelfth December, 1814, on the same subject.
January 16, 1815
Read and Ordered to Lie on the Table
Washington City: Printed by Roger C. Weightman, 1815
45, 1, Appendix A
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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
Report of the Committee to Whom was referred the memorial of Abraham Markle and Gideon Frisbee. Made January 24, 1816. Accompanied with a Bill for their relief.
[Washington City: 1816]
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[Abraham Markle was, at the outbreak of the war, a resident of Ancaster, Upper Canada]
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