Archives and Historical Research in the Maritimes
“The Mechanics’ Institute was organized in Halifax in 1832, and during the next three decades was a real university of the people for the city of Halifax, from which the…
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The Intellectual Awakening of Nova Scotia
…In 1824, the Halifax Public Library appeared; and in 1831 the Mechanics’ Library and Institute. The first lecture in the Institute was given in January, 1832; and, during the next…
1866
…about 270 pupils, but these classes soon became so overcrowded that in November the Town trustees were obliged to apply for a lease of the room in the Mechanics’ Institute…
Chronological Table of Dartmouth, Preston, and Lawrencetown
…Incorporation of Richmond Bridge Co. (J.E. Starr, A.W. Godfrey, etc.) for purpose of erecting bridge of boards across Harbour, 14 April, 1845 Mechanics’ Institute building erected, 1845 Col. G. F….
Sedition in Nova Scotia: R. v. Wilkie (1820) and the Incontestable Illegality of Seditious Libel before R. v. Howe (1835)
…Halifax Mechanics’ Institute in 1839 and was first published in pamphlet form in 1847.) Akins himself, having been born in 1809, was not old enough to have formed a personal…
Their common country
…in their pursuit of happiness, the basis of the safety and security afforded by “the commonwealth”. Howe, Joseph. An Address Delivered Before the Halifax Mechanics’ Institute. November 5th, 1834. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/aeu.ark:/13960/t9d51gg7j…
Nova Scotia and her People (The Family Compact)
…That Nova Scotia is the only legislature instituted before the revolution that survived beyond creates a unique opportunity in terms of studying its constitutional mechanics. I share some of the…
1849
…for our side of the harbor. A public meeting, with Andrew Shiels as Chairman and Dr. DesBrisay as Secretary, was held at the Mechanics’ Institute early in February when resolutions…
1860
…made at Tangier in 1860. In the succeeding months hundreds of adventurers hastened thither by land and by sea. In December at the Mechanics’ Institute a bazaar was advertised to…
1864
…William Shakespeare. A fellow-townsman Frederick Passow, read several appropriate selections from the works of the great playwright. Later that year, Mr. Howe delivered a shorter lecture at the Mechanics’ Institute….