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
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
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
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 - 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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