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Posted by Jaq-Lin Larder on October 11, 2022 in Announcements

The public will now have electronic access to all of the Nova Scotia Legislative Libraryā€™s dating from 1758.

The journals include minutes of the House of Assembly, beginning with the first meeting in 1758, and other information and reports. Initially hand-written, the journals illuminate government responses to important events while detailing the evolution of Nova Scotia as a province and the everyday lives of its people.

ā€œA lot of people donā€™t realize that until 1962, the journals included government departmental reports. If youā€™re interested in how government spent money in the past, these reports have everything from the details of the Sambro Lighthouse and Province House to how Nova Scotiaā€™s rail and road transportation network was built. They also have very interesting statistics on the health of Nova Scotians,ā€ said Legislative Librarian David McDonald. ā€œWe receive a lot of questions every year from researchers looking for these reports ā€“ now we just have to provide them the link.ā€

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