Barton Branch Closure - January 7

Due to maintenance, the Barton Branch will be closed on Wednesday, January, 7. Please visit Central Library or Kenilworth Branch for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours

Published:
Wednesday, December 24, 2025 - 11:45am
Photocopying and Scanning Unavailable at Westdale Branch

Photocopying and Scanning is not working at Westdale Branch. We aim to fix it as soon as possible.

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Published:
Tuesday, December 23, 2025 - 3:30pm
Printing Updates

Daily print balances for black and white and colour printing change January 2, 2026. The new daily print balance is 40 cents. Members receive four free black and white copies or two free colour copies. 

Large format and vinyl printing pricing also change on January 2. Visit https://www.hpl.ca/makerspaces for updates.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 2:00pm
Bookmobile Service - Holiday Schedule

Bookmobile is off the road from December 25-27, December 31, and January 1st. Visit www.hpl.ca/bookmobile for our Holiday Schedule.

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Affected Branch: Bookmobile
Nearest Branches: 
Published:
Monday, December 22, 2025 - 9:00am
Central Library, Fourth Floor Closure: Friday, January 2

Due to the setup for the Noon Hour Concert, the Fourth Floor at Central Library will be closed on Friday, January 2. Makerspace and Newcomer Learning Centre will remain open. Floors 1-3 have spaces to work and study.

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Friday, December 19, 2025 - 5:00pm
All Branches Closed for New Years Day

All branches close on Thursday January 1 for New Years Day. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for Boxing Day

All branches close on Friday, December 26, 2025 for Boxing Day . This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
December 24, Christmas Eve - Early Closure

All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 24 at 1pm. Visit www.hpl.ca/hours for our Holiday Schedule.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
December 31, New Year's Eve - Early Closure

All HPL Branches close early on Wednesday, December 31 at 1pm. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed for Christmas

All branches close on Thursday, December 25, for Christmas. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
All Branches Closed Sunday December 28

All branches close on Sunday, December 28, 2025. This includes branches with Extended Access.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, December 15, 2025 - 11:00am
Study Halls - Holiday Break

Branch Study Halls are paused Friday, December 19, 2025 through Monday, January 5, 2026. Central Library Study Hall hours resume Spring 2026. 

www.hpl.ca/study-halls

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 - 9:15am
Replacement and Damage Fees

Bring back your borrowed library items (due Oct 1 or later) within 28 days to avoid a replacement or lost fee. We'll remove the fee when you bring back your overdue items. 

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, September 11, 2025 - 3:00pm

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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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[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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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[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
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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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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[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
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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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United States. Congress. House of Representatives.
[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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