nova scotia

New England, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland

Relief shown pictorially. Title provided by cataloger. LC copy mounted on cloth. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A plan of Louisbourg

Scale ca. 1:4,000 and ca. 1:10,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north to the left. Has watermark. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 336 Available also thr... more

Halifax dockyard with proposed improvements,

Scale not given. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Has watermark. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library ... more

Plan of the Naval-yard at Halifax

Scale 1:720; 60 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the lower right. Indexed for points of interest. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-17... more

Plan of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia

Shows the fort in detail. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Mounted on cloth. Includes index and "Section thro' the wharf shewing the design for a dock to clean his Majestys ships of war". Shows "the late Govr. Cosby... more

A map of Royal or Cape Breton I. from the best authorities

Relief shown by hachures. From the London Magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly (July 1747), volume XXVI, page 305. Includes illustrations. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Available also through the Library ... more

A plan of the town of Halifax in Nova Scotia

Relief shown by hachures. Includes index and illustrations. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Nova Scotia

Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by hachures. Includes illustrated cartouche. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A plan of the harbour of Chebucto and town of Halifax

Depths shown by soundings. Includes ensign of Nova Scotia, 6 coat of arms, and drawings of three native insects and a porcupine. Oriented with north to the right. Appears in the Gentleman's Magazine, May 1750, ... more

This chart of Chibucto Harbour, on the coast of Accadia, or Nova Scoti...

Scale ca. 1:27,000. Depths shown by soundings. Includes indexed inset of "Plan of the town of Halifax in Nova Scotia," ca. 1:8,000, and inscription to the "Earl of Halifax." Available also through the Library o... more

A Plan of the fort at Chiegnecto

Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Has watermark. Includes index to points of interest and profile view. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site a... more

A new & accurate map of the islands of Newfoundland, Cape Breton, St. ...

Scale ca. 1:3,500,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: London. "No. 63." From the author's A complete atlas, or distinct view of the known world. 1752. LC Maps of North America, 1750-178... more

A plan of the town and harbour of Louisbourg in the Island of Cape Bre...

Relief shown pictorially. Includes index. One of 13 maps in the atlas plate "Particular draughts and plans of some of the principal towns and harbours belonging to the English, French, and Spaniards, in America... more

A general plan of Annapolis Royal

Scale 1:4,800; 400 ft. to an in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower left. Has watermark. Indexed for points of inte... more

A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain. With the adjacent parts of...

Scale ca. 1:1,900,000. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Ferro. Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. Lawrence Valley region to Montreal. Includes table of sources of observations. Accompanied ... more

En Amerique Quebec ; Louisbourg

Relief shown by hachures. Québec map oriented with north to the right. LC copy mounted on cloth. LC Maps and charts of North America and the West Indies, 1750-1789, 596 Available also through the Library of Con... more

Partie orientale du Canada, traduitte de l'anglois de la carte de Jeff...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Isle de Fer. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 31 Includes "Table comparative." Available also through the Library of Congress W... more

L'Isthme de L'Acadie, Baye du Beaubassin, en Anglois Shegnekto, enviro...

Relief shown by land form drawings. "Totum opus aqua forti, pro conatu Le Rouge." LC copy imperfect: Fragile, liquid staining along left edge. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A new and accurate map of the English empire in North America; Represe...

Scale ca. 1:7,200,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude west from Ferro." "Sold by Wm. Herbert ... & Robt. Sayer ... " LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 62 Includes notes. Maps in margin: A... more

A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Britain. With the adjacent parts of...

Scale ca. 1:1,900,000; English marine leagues 20 to a degree; English miles 69 1/2 to a degree. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. ... more

Canada et Louisiane,

Scale ca. 1:4,450,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Lowery, 415 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 34 Includes illus. of Niagara Falls and additional place-names. Available also through the Library... more

Plans of Fort Halifax in Nova Scotia and Fort Western and Fort Francfo...

Title provided by cataloger. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

A plan of Chignecto (called also by the French Beau-Bassin) at the hea...

Shows region of Fort Lawrence and Fort Beauséjour in Chignecto Isthmus. Relief shown by hachures. Pen-and-ink and watercolor. Includes index. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Canada et Louisiane

Scale ca. 1:4,450,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Lowery, 415 LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 33 Includes illus. of Niagara Falls and text at bottom of map. Available also through the Library ... more

Vorstellung einiger Gegenden und Plaetze in Nord-America unter Franzoe...

Scales vary. Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. From the authors' Städt-Atlas. 1762. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

Plan of the river of Annapolis Royal in Nova Scotia.

A plan of the city, and fortifications, of Louisburg;

Scale ca. 1:3,500. LC copy trimmed to border. Includes text, index to fortification, "The profile," and insets of "A plan of the city and harbour of Louisburg ... during the siege in 1745" and "A map of Gabarus... more

A plan of the city of Louisbourg with its fortifications

Relief shown by hachures. Transfer from Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Aug. 2010. Gift from Mark Hutchins, Hutchins & Associates. Indexed. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a... more

A plan of the harbour and town of Louisbourg in the Island of Cape Bre...

Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north to the upper right. Appears in An authentic account of the reduction of Louisbourg, in June and July 1758. London : W. Owen, 1758. LC Maps and charts of North Ameri... more

A plan of the coast of Gabarus Bay from the west end of Kennington Cov...

Plan du Cap Breton, dit Louisbovrg avec ces environs pries/

Relief shown by shading and land forms. Buildings, vegetation, ships and military troop and encampent positions shown pictorially. Shows military troop and ship positions for the Siege of Louibourg in 1758. Ma... more

The British & French dominions in North America : particularly shewing...

Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Includes "short narrative of the French encroachments upon the British territories in North America." Fold-lined. Available also through the Library ... more

[Map of St. Mary's and Petit d'Grat Harbour.]

Chibenaccadie River from its source to its discharge into Minas Bay, b...

Scale ca. 1:47,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2

A draught of the harbour of Halifax, Sambro Islands, shoals, ledges of...

Scale 1:100,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and pencil. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the upper left. Indexed for points of interest. Available also through the Li... more

A chart of the peninsula of Nova Scotia

Scale ca. 1:575,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Shows county boundaries. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster ima... more

Northern part of the Gut of Canso, part of the island of Cape Bocton,

Scale not given. Title from annotation on verso. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Depths shown by soundings. Has watermark. Annotated on verso: Purchased out of Lord Colvil's collection. LC Maps of North... more

Plan de la baye de Chibouctou nommée par les Anglois Halifax, 1763

Scale ca. 1:100,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Oriented with north toward the lower right. "Tome I, no. 28." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Inset with index: Plan de... more

Done by order of His excellency Montagu Wilmot, Esq. Governor and Comm...

Plan du Port Royal dans l'Acadie, appellé aujourd'. par les Angloise A...

Scale ca. 1:70,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I, no. 27." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster im... more

Carte de l'Acadie et pays voisins

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "Tome I, no. 26." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also through the Library of Congress W... more

Baye Ste. Anne ou le Port Dauphin dans l'Isle Royale

Scale ca. 1:100,000. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Tome I, no. 25." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Indexed for points of int... more

L'Isle Royale située à l'entrée du golphe de Saint Laurent

Scale ca. 1:1,050,000. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "Tome I, no. 22." From the author's Le petit atlas maritime. 1764. Available also throug... more

This print representing part of the town and harbour of Halifax in Nov...

Print shows a broad view of the town and harbor of Halifax, Nova Scotia, with meadow in the foreground, buildings of the town along the waterfront, and ships in the harbor, also two islands and a distant view o... more

Map of the River St. John in the Province of Nova Scotia, exhibiting t...

Scale ca. 1:185,000. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Shows townships. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault AACR2: 100; 440; 650/1; 651/2; 650/3

A view of Louisburg in North America, taken near the light house when ...

Print shows view from the headlands above the lighthouse, with ships in the harbor, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, center, and distant view of the harbor. Title from item. Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhil... more

Map of Nova Scotia, or Acadia; with the islands of Cape Breton and St....

A chart of the harbour of Halifax, in Nova Scotia; with Jebucto Bay an...

Scale ca. 1:62,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. "Published by command of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade & Plantations, for the benefit of the trade and navigation of G... more

Map of Nova Scotia, or Acadia; with the islands of Cape Breton and St....

Scale ca. 1:390,000; 60 miles to a degree. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. Imperfect: Deterioration along creases. Includes inscription to "John Manners" and illus. LC Maps of North America... more

In Congress, May 17, 1775. Resolved that all exportations to Quebec, N...

Photographic copy.; Not in Ford or Evans.; Stamped on verso: 452. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. 2 duplicate copies Prin... more

A new map of Nova Scotia, and Cape Breton Island with the adjacent par...

Scale ca. 1:1,900,000. Hand colored. Relief shown pictorially. Depths shown by soundings. "VII" located above upper right corner of border. Shows Maritime Provinces, New England, and St. Lawrence Valley region ... more

Committee-Chamber, New York 1st May, 1775. Whereas it appears by the p...

Imprint 3.; On verso: S; May 1775. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 108, Folder 18.

This map of the province of Nova-Scotia and parts adjacent.

Scale ca. 1:3,750,000. Relief shown pictorially. Shows the Maritime Provinces, Newfoundland, and the St. Laurence River Valley between 1755 and 1757. Inscribed to "His Majesty's Province of Nova Scotia ... " LC... more

A plan of the island of Cape Breton

Scale 1:253,440; 24 statute miles or 4 to 1 in. Manuscript, pen-and-ink and watercolor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Annotated on verso: Island of Cape Breton and sundry plans unfinished... more

[Cliffs at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia]

Prints show a ship approaching cliffs on the right, passing between cliffs at entrance of the "Grand Passage," and passing cliffs on the left, at Saint Mary Bay, Nova Scotia. Title devised by Library staff. Ill... more

A view of Louisbourg from the north east

Print shows a distant view of Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, .... London : 1777-1... more

Plan du port de Chibouctou à la côte de l'Acadie avec les côtes voisin...

Scale ca. 1:90,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "No. 1. C." located above upper right corner of border. From the author's Neptune Americo-Septentrional contenant les côtes. 1778-80. LC ... more

A view taken from the entrance of Louisbourg harbour

Print shows a small island at the entrance to the harbor at Louisbourg, Nova Scotia. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. De... more

Plan du Port Dauphin, de la rade de Ste. Anne, de l'entrée de Labrador...

Scale ca. 1:82,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "Cette carte à été dressée les originaux conservés au Dép... more

Carte réduite de l'Île Royale, assujettie aux observations astronomiqu...

Scale ca. 1:800,000. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "No. 2. B." located above upper left corner of border. "No. 1. B. et 2. B. ensemble prix t... more

A chart of the harbour of Halifax, in Nova Scotia; with Jebucto Bay an...

Scale ca. 1:62,000. Oriented with north to the right. Depths shown by soundings. "Published by command of the Right Honourable the Lords of Trade & Plantations, for the benefit of the trade and navigation of Gr... more

[Views from offshore of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, with ships passing ...

Prints show distant views of Sable Island, Nova Scotia. Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W. Des Barres, ....... more

Plan de la ville de du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Scale ca. 1:8,000. Hand colored. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. Indexed for fortifications. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 341 Available also throug... more

Plan du bassin et de la riviere du Port Royal ou Annapolis, dans l'Aca...

Scale ca. 1:46,000. Oriented with north to the bottom. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du meridien de l'Observatoire royal de Paris." Available also through the Libra... more

Plan de la ville et du port de Louisbourg levé en 1756

Scale ca. 1:8,000. Oriented with north to the right. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "333" located below lower right corner of border. Indexed for fortifications. LC Maps of North America, ... more

[Arms] By His Excellency, Sir Henry Clinton, K. B. General and Command...

Not in Evans. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 110, Folder 10.

Plan du port de la Rivière St. Jean situé à la côte septentrionale de ...

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "334" located above upper right corner of border. "N. 2.C." located below lower left corner of border. "No. 1.C... more

[Views from offshore of islands, cliffs, and capes in the Bay of Fundy...

Prints show distant views of Isle Haute and cliffs at the Chignecto Isthmus, the Minas Basin, Cape Blowmedown, and Cape Split, Nova Scotia, with ships passing in the foreground. Title devised by Library staff. ... more

The Coast of Nova Scotia, New England, New York, Jersey, the Gulph and...

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. Relief shown by shading. Soundings in fathoms. Shows tidal depths and bottom conditions. "Published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain ... by Jos. F. W. Des Barres Esq, MDCCLX... more

Plan de la baie de Gabarus située a la côte S.E. de l'Île Royale

Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "331" located in upper right corner of sheet. "N. 1. A. et 2. A. ensemble prix trois livres" located in lower right corner of sheet. "No. 1. A." and "N. 2. A... more

[Views from offshore of islands, cliffs, and capes in the Bay of Fundy...

Prints show distant views of Isle Haute and cliffs at the Chignecto Isthmus, Cape Dore, Cape Baptist and the Minas Basin, Cape Blowmedown, and Cape Split, Nova Scotia, with ships passing in the foreground. Titl... more

Grand Passage in the Bay Fundy, on the western shore of Nova Scotia

Print shows ships passing cliffs at the entrance to the Grand Passage of the Bay of Fundy along the western shore of Nova Scotia. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the R... more

Carte de l'Acadie, Isle Royale, et païs voisins

Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Relief shown pictorially. "Tome 14, in 8⁰, page 225." "Tom. XIV, in 4⁰, no. 13." Appears in Jean François de La Harpe's Abrégé de l'histoire générale des voyages ... Atlas. 1780. Availabl... more

A view of the entrance of Petit Passage

Print shows ships passing cliffs at the entrance to the Petit Passage near Digby Neck, Nova Scotia. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by... more

Carte réduite de l'Île Royale, assujettie aux observations astronomiqu...

Scales vary. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings. "Longitude occidentale du méridien de Paris." "No. 1. B." and "No. 2. B." located outside of left border. "4." located below lower right corner ... more

A view of the entrance of the gut of Annapolis Royal

Print shows distant view of cliffs at the entrance to Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia, with ships in the foreground. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Gre... more

By their Excellencies, Sir Henry Clinton ... General and Commander in ...

Not in Evans.; On verso: 1780-81, P.R.O., C.O.5. 178.F.195. Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection;... more

A view of the town & harbour of Halifax, from Dartmouth shore

Print shows ships in harbor at Halifax, Nova Scotia, with view of town in the distance. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by Joseph F.W.... more

Light house S.W.b.S. 1 mile distant

Print is oval insert on a chart of Halifax Harbor showing the lighthouse at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain, by J... more

A view from the camp at the east end of the naked sand hills, on the s...

Print shows tents at the campsite on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, with large naked sand hills to the right, and view of the harbor in the background.

[Views, some from offshore, of ships approaching various islands aroun...

Prints show distant views of White Islands and Saint Mary Bay, Milford Haven on Chedabucto Bay, Port Bickerton, N.S., Beaver Harbor Bald Isle, Canso Cranberry Isle, Beaver Islands, and Nova Scotia. Title devise... more

View of Port George taken from the top of Binney Isle

Print showing a distant view of the harbor, with trees in the foreground, at Port George, Nova Scotia. Title from item. Illus. in: The Atlantic Neptune, published for the use of the Royal Navy of Great Britain,... more

E. Williams, April 23, 1783, Blank Certificate of Negro Permissions to...

Blank Certificate of Negro Permissions to Nova Scotia

The United States of America with the British possessions of Canada, N...

Relief shown pictorially. Differs from other copies in coloration. Prime meridians: Ferro and London. Includes article III of the Treaty. LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 752 Available also through the Libr... more

Bowles's new pocket map of the United States of America; the British p...

Scale ca. 1:6,250,000. Cover title: United States of America. Hand colored. Prime meridian: Ferro and London. Relief shown pictorially. LC copy sectioned and mounted on cloth backing. Inset: Article III. LC Map... more

A new map of Nova Scotia and Cape Britain, with the adjacent part of N...

Relief shown pictorially. Shows Maritime Provinces, New England to Boston, and St. Lawrence Valley region to Montreal. From the Political magazine and parliamentary, naval, military, and literary journal (July ... more

A map of the great river St. John & waters (the first ever published) ...

Scale 1:253,440; 4 miles to the in. Relief shown pictorially. Inset: A plan of the city of St. John. LC copy annotated in brown ink. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Va... more

A new map of the states of Pensylvania, New Jersey, New York, Connecti...

Relief shown pictorially. "Engraved for Gordon's History of the American war" -- upper margin. Includes notes, compass and decorative cartouche. LC copy mounted on cloth backed paper. Left margin trimmed, small... more

Nouvelle Ecosse ou partie orientale du Canada

Scale ca. 1:2,000,000. LC copy imperfect: Hole in center. Relief shown pictorially. Text in French and German. From the author's Atlas Ameriquain Septentrional ... 1778 [i.e. 1792] Includes a table of comparati... more

The United States of America, with the British possessions of Canada, ...

To his excellency Thos. Jefferson, esqr., president of the Congress, t...

Covers coast of United States from southern end of Tampa Bay, Florida, to eastern end of Maine. Also covers coastal areas in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Bahamas, and Cuba and covers western portion of Gulf Stre... more

Maps of Nova Scotia and Halifax harbor and view of lighthouse

Title provided by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on two sheets pasted together. Sectioned in two and mounted on cloth backed paper. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

[Macbeth tower, Halifax]

Sketch shows a martello tower in or near Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853. Originally 1 of 37 drawings in portfolios with bind... more

Halifax Nova Scotia town & shipping dressed with flags H.M. birthday 1...

Sketch shows the waterfront of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, celebrating Queen Victoria's birthday. Flags are not visible. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Office to the United States in 1853.... more

Review Halifax Queen's birthday 1853

Sketch shows soldiers standing on a hillside beside cannons in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, perhaps ready to fire in honor of Queen Victoria's birthday. Wallis was a British Commissioner from the Foreign Offic... more

Telegraph stations in the United States, the Canadas & Nova Scotia.

Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

U.S. Reports: Stairs et al. v. Peaselee, 59 U.S. (18 How.) 521 (1856)

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 59; Howard Volume 18; December Term, 1855; William Stairs and Another, Plaintiffs, v. Charles H. Peaselee

New map of Canada : New Brunswick, Nova Scotia &c

Shows railways, proposed railways, and canals. Signed on verso: Millard Fillmore, Bought at Montreal Augt. 19, 1863, $1.95. Annotated in red, sectioned into 33 and mounted on cloth. Includes insets of: Environs... more

Map of the United States of North America, Upper & Lower Canada, New B...

Scale ca. 1:6,000,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 11.5 At top of map; Supplement to the Illustrated London News, June 1, 1861. General map showing state and international boundaries, railroads, cities, rivers... more

Nova Scotia - loss of the steamship "Atlantic" - scenes and incidents ...