Month: November 1858

Governor James Douglas, Proclamation [English law in force in British Columbia], 19 November 1858

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Document Information Date: 1858-11-19 By: James Douglas Citation: Governor James Douglas, Proclamation, 19 November 1858. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). V. R. PROCLAMATION By His Excellency JAMES DOUGLAS, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Her Majesty’s Colony of British Columbia and its Dependencies. PROCLAMATION, having the Force of Law to declare that English Law is in force in British Columbia. WHEREAS, by an Act of Parliament passed in the Session held in the 21st and 22nd years of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, it was enacted that the… Read more Governor James Douglas, Proclamation [English law in force in British Columbia], 19 November 1858 →

UK, Colonial Office, Question of Federation of the British Provinces in America (1858)

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Document Information Date: 1858-11-09 By: UK (Colonial Office) Citation: UK, Colonial Office, Question of Federation of the British Provinces in America (London: Foreign Office, 1858). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). CONFIDENTIAL. Question of Federation of the British Provinces in America. PRINTED AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE. NOVEMBER 9, 1858. CONFIDENTIAL. QUESTION OF FEDERATION OF THE BRITISH PROVINCES IN AMERICA. Colonial Office, November 1858. [424] Question of Federation of the British Provinces in America. No. 1. EXTRACT from Sir Edmund Head’s SPEECH on Opening the Legislature. I… Read more UK, Colonial Office, Question of Federation of the British Provinces in America (1858) →