Niagara Public Library Records 1800-1820

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This item is a part of the 1812 History digitization project. This project was made possible with the support of the Department of Canadian Heritage through the Canadian Culture Online Strategy.

Media Type

Text

Item Type

Documents

Description

This is the record book of the Niagara Library from 1800 to 1820. It contains the names of proprietors, records of annual meetings, the catalogue, books taken out and also the autographs of the library's members. However, there are no records between May 27th 1813 and March 1814. This book can help provide an understanding of who might have been in Niagara during the time of the War of 1812.

Possible pages of interest for War of 1812 Researchers are:

Pages 60, 62, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76, and 357

These pages show periods of closure and reduced usage of library sources. The time period also coincides with the American occupation of Niagara and the burning of Newark in December 1813.

Some library patrons included in the Record book are:

Robert Addison
Samuel Jones
John Burch
Peter Ball
Thomas Buttersen
Ureet Burtch
George A. Ball
John Burns
Andrew Bready
William Claust
James Crooks
Andrew Heron
John Hardy
William Hodgkinson
John Hill
George Havens
George Hamilton
John Hench
Burgoyne Hemp
George Keefer
Robert Kerrfild
John McLellan
Martin McLellan
Mrs. McNabb
John McEwan
James Muirhead
John Powell
Thomas Power
George Reid
John Robison
William Robertson
Alexander Rogers
John Symington
John Secord
Archibald Thompson
Peter Thompson
Cornelius Thompson
John Weigstaff
Doctor West
Samuel Wood
John Waterhouse
George Young

Please note that these have been transcribed and there may be errors in spelling. Check the pages that coincide with these names for further confirmation.

Notes

Blank pages have not been digitized and, as a result, there are "missing" page numbers in this entry.

Size: 21.4 X 34.5 cm

Subject(s)

Books
Librarians
Libraries
Public libraries
War of 1812
Addison, Robert
War of 1812- Domestic Life
Ball Family
Crooks, James
Secord Family, Niagara, ON
Heron, Andrew

Local identifier

982.388

Geographic Coverage

Niagara-on-the-Lake

Ontario, Canada

Latitude: 43.25012 Longitude: -79.06627

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