Ancaster Branch Accessible Door Out of Order

The accessibility door at Ancaster Branch is not working. We aim to fix it quickly.

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Saturday, November 8, 2025 - 9:45am
Concession Branch: Children's Area Renovations

Concession Branch's children area is closed for renovations. Please use the temporary space. Public computers are also affected. There are currently three available. We aim to have the branch back in order as soon as possible.

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Published:
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 9:30am
Odour at Carlisle Branch

Members visiting the Carlisle Branch may notice an unpleasant odour. We are working to identify the source and hope to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

Published:
Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 5:30pm
Network Maintenance - Wednesday, November 12

HPL's WiFi, Catalogue and online resources will undergo network maintenance on Wednesday, November 12 from 5-8am. We apologize for the inconvenience.

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Published:
Thursday, November 6, 2025 - 8:00am
Kenilworth Branch Reopening

Noise and limited parking continue at the Kenilworth Branch this week as renovations wrap up. Thank you for your understanding.

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Published:
Monday, October 27, 2025 - 3:00pm
Delayed Branch Openings 

The following locations have upcoming delayed openings due to Staff training drills. 

Monday, November 10 
Concession Branch, 10am

Thursday, November 13
Binbrook Branch, 10am

Friday, November 14
Valley Park Branch, 10am

Monday, November 24
Mount Hope, 2pm

Thursday, November 27
Stoney Creek, 10am

You may visit nearby Branches for your library needs. www.hpl.ca/hours

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Published:
Tuesday, October 7, 2025 - 2:00pm
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. 

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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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