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30th Aug 2022 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada, George Copway 0

[blank page] THE OJIBWAY CONQUEST. [unnumbered page] [2 blank pages] [unnumbered page, includes illustration: ENGRAVED BY T.B. WELCH, FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE BY MCCLEES & GERMON] THE OJIBWAY CONQUEST, A TALE OF THE NORTHWEST. BY KAH-GE-GA-GAH-BOWH, OR, G. COPWAY, CHIEF OF THE OJIBWAY NATION. NEW YORK: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY. […]

30th Aug 2022 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada, R. A. Chaplein 0

[blank page] POETRY OF THE HEART. [unnumbered page] [blank page] POETRY OF THE HEART; OR, THOUGHTS FROM THE SOUL: TOGETHER WITH VERSES ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS. BY R. A. CHAPLEIN. SAINT JOHN, N. B. PRINTED BY J. & A. McMILLAN. 1872. [unnumbered page] ERRATA LOCATION ERROR Page 18, Line 16.7 Woefully is written as ‘wofully.’ Page […]

15th Sep 2021 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada, Thomas Daniel Cowdell 0

A POETICAL ACCOUNT OF THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1812 and 1813; WITH SOME SLIGHT SKETCHES RELATING TO THE PARTY POLITICS WHICH GOVERNED THE UNITED STATES, DURING THE WAR, AND AT ITS COMMENCEMENT. DEDICATED TO THE PEOPLE OF CANADA, BY THE PUBLISHER. HALIFAX: PRINTED BY JOHN HOWE, JUN. 1815. [unnumbered page] [blank page] ERRATA LOCATION ERROR […]

15th Sep 2021 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada, George Cockings 0

ERRATA LOCATION ERROR Page 4, 15.2 “heroes” changed to “heroes’” Page 60, 27.12 “Grecians” changed to “Grecians’” Page 61, 22.3 “Trojans” changed to “Trojans’” Page 76, 32.1 “womens” changed to “women’s” Page 90, 13.2 “Frenchmens” changed to “Frenchmen’s” Page 90, 21.6 “Frenchmens” changed to “Frenchmen’s” Page 94, 6.1 “Admid” changed to “Amid” Page 108, 14.4 […]

11th Sep 2021 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada, Joseph Hart Clinch 0

THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON. [unnumbered page] [blank page] THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON AND OTHER POEMS. —————— BY THE REV. JOSEPH H. CLINCH, A.M. —————— BOSTON: JAMES BURNS, 104 WASHINGTON STREET. …………… …………… 1840. [unnumbered page] [handwritten: PS 1351 .C5] DUTTON & WENTWORTH’S Steam Press. [unnumbered page] CONTENTS. THE CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON, 1 AMERICAN ANTIQUITIES, 61 […]

11th Sep 2021 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada, Joseph Hart Clinch 0

[handwritten: 3 Epistola Poetica, [illegible word] by 7. Bowman, [illegible word] C. D. Mackinson, Corry, Frangie, New South Wales, Australia read, he believes, at Encænia, King’s College, Windsor, in 1864. Note.  from letter September 22, 1932] [inside front cover] EPISTOLA POETICA AD FAMILIAREM AUCTORE V. R. JOSEPHO H. CLINCH, A. M. E. COLL. REG. N. S. LATINE CONVERSA […]

4th Jul 2016 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada 0

HYMNS, AND SPIRITUAL SONGS. By HENRY ALLINE LATE MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL, FAIRMOUTH, NOVA SCOTIA. FIRST EDITION With Editorial Emendations from THE SECOND and THIRD EDITIONS 1795 and 1797. LONDON: PRINTED at DOVER. [unnumbered page]  PREFACE. However chained down many may be by superstition and tradition, yet I doubt not but there are many such […]

30th Jun 2016 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada 0

POEMS AND SONGS ON THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR. AN ANTHOLOGY FROM ENGLAND, AFRICA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATES, BUT CHIEFLY CANADA. COLLECTED BY REV. J. DOUGLAS BORTHWICK. LL. D. AUTHOR OF MANY WORKS ON CANADIAN HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY AND BIOGRAPHY.—“BATTLES OF THE WORLD.”—“BORTHWICK CASTLE.”—“HARP OF CANAAN.”—“HISTORY OF SCOTTISH SONG.” ETC., ETC. MONTREAL. 1901 [unnumbered page] PRINTED BY THE […]

28th Jun 2016 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada 0

[blank page] THE WIDOW OF THE ROCK AND Other Poems. BY A LADY. [Blennerhassett, Margaret (Agnew)] Ne cherchez point, dan’ ce récit, L’esprit, le brillant, l’eloquence,— Je sens bien plus que Je le pense. (Demoustier) MONTREAL, E. V. SPARHAWK, PRINTER. 1824. [unnumbered page] [blank page] PREFACE The generosity already manifested by the public in so […]

12th Aug 2015 Posted in: Early Writing in Canada 0

[blank page] AN ADDRESS, TO THE  LIEGE MEN OF EVERY  BRITISH COLONY AND  PROVINCE  IN THE WORLD,  BY A  FRIEND TO HIS SPECIES  [inscribed] Séminaire de Québec. 1864. KINGSTON: Printed at the Herald Office 1822 [unnumbered page] [blank page] To the Liege Men of every British Colony and Province in the world, the following Poem is […]