Concession Branch's Children's Department Closure for Repair

Concession Branch's children's department will be closed on the morning of Monday, June 2nd for minor repairs. We apologize for the inconvenience. 

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Published:
Monday, May 26, 2025 - 2:15pm
Mount Hope Branch Accessibile Ramp Not Available

The accessibility ramp at Mount Hope Branch is damaged. The handrail is not available. The ramp will not be available while being repaired. We aim to fix it quickly.

Published:
Friday, May 23, 2025 - 4:30pm
Construction Work at Sherwood Branch

The Sherwood Branch has following service limitations due to construction:

  • 1st Floor closed to the public
  • 2nd Floor collections (teen, children, and graphic novels) available 
  • 2nd Floor: Limited browsing of Express Adult Fic and Express DVDs
  • Holds pickup on the 2nd Floor
  • Reduced number of public computers on 2nd Floor
  • Printing and copying available on 2nd Floor
  • Seating is reduced
  • Parking, washroom and elevator access available

Please refer to hpl.ca/events for up-to-date program listings. Most programs will continue as normal on the 2nd Floor or in the basement. 

Published:
Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 2:30pm
All Branches Closed - May 30, Staff Professional Development

All HPL Branches are closed on Friday May 30 for Staff Development. Bookmobile is off the road and Extended Access is not available. HPL's online card registration, catalogue and eResources are not available until 5pm due to scheduled maintenance. All branches reopen Saturday May 31. 

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Monday, May 12, 2025 - 8:00am
Turner Park Branch - Roof Repair

Due to the ongoing roof repair project, noise and parking disruptions are expected to continue until the end of June. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Monday, April 28, 2025 - 10:00am
Ancaster Branch - Temporary Relocation in May

Until Saturday May 31, the Ancaster Branch is temporarily relocated to the Ancaster Rotary Centre, 385 Jerseyville Road West, Ancaster. The Wilson Street branch is closed for a roof and HVAC replacement and is expected to reopen on Monday June 2 at 9am.

www.hpl.ca/ancaster

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Published:
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 - 11:00am
Central Library - Microfilm Machine

The digital microfilm machines at Central Library are not working. A single analog machine is available, but it doesn't print. We aim to have the digital devices repaired as soon as possible. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Affected Branch: Central Library
Published:
Thursday, April 10, 2025 - 3:30pm
Phishing Scheme

Please be aware of online phishing attempts impersonating Hamilton Public Library and Library Staff. HPL does not solicit paid freelance opportunities through social media or other messaging applications. HPL does not request personal or banking information through social media or require financial compensation when reviewing job applications. Please report phishing schemes to communications@hpl.ca. If you think you are a victim of fraud, please call the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre at 1-888-495-8501.

All Branches and Bookmobile Stops
Published:
Thursday, April 3, 2025 - 10:30am

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - A

A.M.M.
For King and Country: A story of 1812. "The Canadian Monthly" Prize Tale. Collections of Canadian Authors.
Toronto: Adam Stevenson & Co., 1874
iv, 264
R819.3 M182 CESC

Abbot, Willis J.
Blue Jackets of 1812. A history of the Naval Battles of the Second War with Great Britain. To which is prefixed an account of The French War of 1798 By Willis J. Abbot. Author of Blue Jackets of '61 with illustrations by W.C. Jackson and H.W. McVickar.
New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. Publishers.
[1887]
viii, 409
R973.525 ABB CESC

American Naval Battles; being a Complete History of the battles fought by the navy of the United States, from its establishment in 1794 to the present time; including the wars with France and Tripoli; the late war with Great Britain, and with Algiers; with an account of the attack on Baltimore, and of the battle of New Orleans.
Embellished with twenty elegant engravings, representing battles, &c.
Boston: Printed and Published by Charles Gaylord. 1840
278, I
R973.52 AME CESC

An Abstract of the Public Documents, Exhibiting the Measures Recommended by the Administration, and the Proceedings in Relation to Them in Congress, Tending to Subject the People of the United States to a Military Conscription To Fill the Ranks of the Regular Army; and a Naval Impressment, To Supply Seamen for the Public Armed Vessels of the United States.
Georgetown: Printed by Robert Alleson. 1815
8 [uncut]
R973.52 ABS CESC

An Act Concerning Letters of Marque, Prizes and Prize Goods.
June 26, 1812

An Address to members of the House of Representatives...on the Subject of the War with Great Britain.
see Tracts and Facts as to the War of 1812 (1)

[Anderson, Elbert]
Claims On the United States, By the Late Contractor for the State of New York, &c. For Services During the Late War.
New York: 1824
[3]-179, [1 leaf], 24, [2 pl.]
TPL 969 (without last 2 leaves)
R971.034 AND CESC

[Andrews, Charles]
The Prisoner's Memoirs, or Dartmoor Prison: Containing a complete and impartial history of The Entire Captivity of the Americans in England, From the commencement of the last war between the United States and Great Britain, until all prisoners were released by the Treaty of Ghent. Also, a particular detail of all occurrences relative to the Horrid massacre at Dartmoor, On the fatal evening of the 6th of April, 1815. The while carefully compiled by a Prisoner in England, Who was a captive during the whole war.
- Quoeque ipse miserrima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui; quis talia fando,
Temperet et lacrymis?
Virg. I., ii, v. 5
"These sufferings I myself have seen, and to the greater part of which a was a principal party. Who can related such woes without a tear?
New York: Printed for the Author, 1852
152

An Answer to War in Disguise; or, Remarks upon The New Doctrine of England, concerning Neutral Trade.
"Illud Natura non patiatur, ut aliorum spoliis nostras facultates, copias, opes, augeamus: et unum debeat esse omnibus propositum, ut eadem sit utilitas uniuscuiusque et universarum, quam si ad se quisque rapiat, dissolvitur omnis humana consortio." Cicero de Oratore. 3
New York: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour for I. Riley & Co., February, 1806
76

Armstrong, John
Notices of the War of 1812. By John Armstrong. In Two Volumes.
Volume I
New-York: George Dearborn, Publisher. 1836
263, errata
R971.034 ARM CESC

Atherton, William
Narrative of the Suffering & Defeat of the North-Western Army, under General Winchester: massacre of the Prisoners; Sixteen Months Imprisonment of the Writer and Others with the Indians and British.
By William Atherton
Frankfort, KY: Printed for the Author by A.G. Hodges
1842
152
R971.034 ATH CESC

Auchinleck, Gilbert
The War of 1812. A History of the War between Great Britain and the United States of America During the Years 1812, 1813 and 1814.
Toronto: W.C. Chewett & Co., 1862\vii, [3]-408, 3
Howes 380: Morgan pg. 14 [one of editors of Anglo American Magazine. [Toronto]]: Thibeault 10101
R971.053 Au22 CESC

Austin, Samuel
The Apology of Patriots, or The heresy of the friends of the Washington and peace policy defended. A Sermon preached in Worcester, Massachusetts, on the Day of the National Fast, Thursday, August 20, 1812. Observed in compliance with the recommendation of James Madison, President of the United States: and in consequence of the Declaration of War Against Great-Britain.
Published by request.
Printed in Worcester, by Isaac Sturtevant. 1812\32
R973.52 AUS CESC