Concession Branch - Upcoming Renovations

Starting the week of February 9, renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Computer availability may be limited, and the Living Room space is closed. Renovations are expected to wrap up by late Spring. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Sherwood Branch - Upcoming Renovations

Renovation preparations are underway in anticipation of the March 2 start. Starting the week of February 23, the 2nd Floor will be closed. The Children's collection will be temporarily available on the 1st Floor. Renovations are expected to wrap up by late Spring. Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Family Day Closure

All HPL Branches are closed on Family Day, Monday, February 16. Bookmobile is off the Road. Extended Access and Study Hall is not available. Regular service hours resume on Tuesday, February 17. 

Published:
Tuesday, February 10, 2026 - 1:00pm
Central Library - Living Room Renovation Preparation

Starting Tuesday, February 10, the First Floor Living Room will be unavailable due to renovation preparations. Study and work spaces are available on Floors 2-3. 

Please note the Noon Hour Concert on Friday, February 13, will be held at Terryberry Branch instead. 

Thank you for your patience.

Published:
Friday, February 6, 2026 - 9:00am
Bookmobile Service Modification

Please note the following Bookmobile visit updates.

Tuesday, February 10
McMaster University will be 3:30-4 pm (instead of 3:30-4:30 pm
Greencedar will be 5-5:30 pm (instead of 4-5 pm)
Mountview will be 6-6:30 pm (instead of 5:30-6:30 pm)

Friday, February 13
Winona (11am-Noon) - Cancelled
Queen Victoria (3-4pm) - Cancelled

Family Day, Monday, February 16 
Bookmobile is off the road.

Tuesday, February 17
McMaster University (3:30-4:30pm) - Cancelled
Thursday, February 19
Rockton (10:30am-11:30am) - Cancelled
Bennetto 5-5:30pm (instead of 4-5:30pm)

Published:
Monday, February 2, 2026 - 3:15pm
Carlisle Branch Accessible Washroom Out of Order

The accessible washroom at Carlisle Branch is not working. We aim to get it fixed quickly.

Published:
Tuesday, January 27, 2026 - 12:30pm
Central Library - Sunday Hours Paused

Effective Sunday, February 1, Sunday service hours at Central Library will be paused. 

Sunday Hours will continue at Dundas, Red Hill, Terryberry, Turner Park, Valley Park and Waterdown Branches from 1-5pm.

www.hpl.ca/hours 

Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am
Central Library - Daily Hours Update

Starting Monday, February 2, Central Library's daily hours will move back to a 9 am opening instead of 8 am, Monday through Saturday. Please make note of this new service change for your next visit. www.hpl.ca/hours 

Published:
Wednesday, January 21, 2026 - 11:00am

War of 1812 - Collection Bibliography - T

[Taggart, Samuel]
Mr. Taggart's Address to His Constituents, on the Subject of Impressments. To the Citizens of Massachusetts, particularly of the District which I have the honor to represent.
Washington, February 17, 1813
23, 1

Taylor, Henry ca 1819-1860
Considerations on the Past, Present & Future Condition of the Canadas.
Montreal: Printed for the author by John Lovell, 1839
64, 72
Gagnon I 3482
R971.051 T214 CESC

Thompson, David 1796?-1868
History of the Late war between Great Britain and the United States of America: With a retrospective view of the causes from whence it originated; collected from the Most Authentic sources. To which is added an Appendix, containing public documents, & C., relating to the subject.
Niagara, Upper Canada: T. Sewell, 1832
xi, [9]-300
Gagnon I 3528; Howes 10245; Lande 838; Morgan pg. 371; Sabin 95487; TPL 1017
[C.R. McCullough Hamilton July 19/93]
[front fly leaf has shorthand addition-228 an interesting story about an American general]
[one of the earliest books published in Upper Canada]
R971.034 T372 CESC

Thompson, David 1796?-1868
History of the Late War between Great Britain and the United States of America With a Retrospective View of the causes from whence it originated.
Published under the auspices of: Social Science Research Council of Canada
Maison des Sciences d l'Homme, Paris
Humanities Research Council of Canada
Toronto Public Library
S.R. Publishers Ltd., Johnson Reprint Corp., 1966
2, vii, [9]-300
R971.034 T372a CESC

Tomlinson, Everett T
War of 1812 Series
The Boy Officers of 1812
By Everett T. Tomlinson. Author of "The Search for Andrew Field" "The Boy Soldiers of 1812" "Three Colonial Boys" etc.
Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co., [1895]
335
R FIC TOM CESC

Tracts and Facts as to the War of 1812
[8 pamphlets bound together]
1. An Address to Members of the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States, to their constituents, on the subject of the war with Great Britain
Alexandria: S. Snowden, 1812
35
Howes 86; TPL 881
2. A Letter to William Roscoe, Esq. Containing Strictures on His Late Publication entitled "Considerations on the Causes, Objects, and Consequences of the present War."
Liverpool, Printed, New York Reprinted: E. Sargeant, 1808
64
3. Fessenden, Thomas Green
Some Thoughts on the Present Dispute between Great Britain and America.
Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1807
61
Howes 3532; Sabin 24217
4. Cases and Queries Submitted to Every Citizen of the United States, and especially The Member of the Administration and of Both Houses of Congress, as deserving to be Impartially Considered by them.
New York: E. Sargeant, 1809
24
Sabin 11323
5. Letter from The Secretary of State to Mr. Monroe, on the Subject of the Attack on the Chesapeake; the correspondence of Mr. Monroe with the British Government; and also, Mr. Madison's correspondence with Mr. Rose on the same subject.
March 23, 1808. Printed by order of the House of Representatives.
City of Washington: A. & G. Way, Printers, 1808
88
6. 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 Related 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. & C. Way, Printers, 1813
190
7. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Copies of the Instructions given to the Ministers of the United States appointed to Negotiate a Peace with Great Britain; together with such parts of said instructions transmitted to the house, as were not communicated confidentially. Oct. 14, 1814.
Read and referred to the committee of foreign relations.
Washington City: Roger C. Weightman, 1814
47
8. Message from the President of the United States, Transmitting Communications from the Plenipotentiaries of the United States, charged with Negotiating Peace with Great Britain; shewing the conditions on which alone that Government is willing To Put An End To The War. Oct. 10, 1814.
Referred to the committee of Foreign Relations.
Washington: A. & G. Way, printers, 1814
26
R971.053 T673 CESC

Tucker, Glenn
Poltroons and Patriots. A Popular Account of the War of 1812.
Maps by W. T. Tucker.
Indianapolis, New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1954
xiii, 402; [403]-812
Thibeault 10179
R971.034 TUC CESC

Tucker, Glenn
Tecumseh. Vision of Glory.
Indianapolis, New York: Bobbs-Merrill Co., 1956
399
R970.92 T228t CESC

Tupper, Ferdinand Brock g. 1795
The Life and Correspondence of Major-General Sir Isaac Brock, K.B. Edited by his Nephew, Ferdinand Brock Tupper, Esq.
Second edition, considerably enlarged.
London: Simkin, Marshall & Co.,
Guernsey: H. Redstone, 1847
xii, 492
Howes 10466; Thibeault 10181; TPL 925; Watters pg. 587
RB B782t CESC

Turnbull, Archibald Douglas
Commodore David Porter, 1780-1843.
By Archibald Douglas Turnbull. Author of John Stevens: An American Record and (in collaboration) Cochrane the Unconquerable.
New York: London: The Century Co.,[1929]
1st printing
14, 326
R973.5092 PORTE TUR CESC