Document Information Date: 1866-12-29 By: Viscount Monck Citation: Letter from Viscount Monck to John A. Macdonald (29 December 1866), MG26-A, Vol. 51, 20306-20307]. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 20305 Private Charleville Dec 29/66 My dear Macdonald Thanks for your letter. I am glad to find that you have had no difficulties with your colleagues. Lord C. has written to me to say that the purposes being in London early next month, and will then enter upon the consideration of your proposals. I shall be ready… Read more Letter from Viscount Monck to John A. Macdonald (29 December 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 1, copy 5, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 53, pp. 21489-21508). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF).
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 1 [amalgamated version], December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/2, pp. 18514-18553, Vol. 53, pp. 21448-21508). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF), (PDF), (PDF), (PDF), & (PDF). Notes: The following version is an amalgamation of five documents 18514-18533; 18534-18553, 21448-21467, 21469-21488, and 21489-21508 [click to access the originals rather than this amalgamated version]. These documents have been amalgamated for use in Michael Scott &… Read more London Resolutions: post-conference working draft, version 1 (amalgamated version) (December 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 1, copy 3, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 53, pp. 21448-21467). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF).
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 1, copy 1, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/2, pp. 18514-18533). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy and there are some faded handwritten comments in the margin that are not included in this text. 1. The best interests and present and future prosperity of British North America will be promoted by a… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 1, copy 1, n.d. →
Document Information Date: 1866-12-28 By: N/A Citation: London Resolutions as found in Joseph Pope (ed), Confederation: Being a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Documents Bearing on the British North America Act (Toronto: Carswell Co. Ltd., 1895) at 98-110. Other formats: N/A. 1. The best interests and present and future prosperity of British North America will be promoted by a Federal Union under the Crown of Great Britain, provided such Union can be effected on principles just to the several Provinces. 2. In the Confederation of the British North American Provinces, the… Read more London Resolutions, Final Version (28 December 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 1, copy 4, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 53, pp. 21469-21488). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF).
Document Information Date: 1866-12-24 By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – Penultimate Draft [Scrap Resolution: Powers and Privileges of the House of Commons and Senate], December 24, 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18279). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: Only a rough transcription has been completed and we hope to decipher the remaining text in the near future. Please check back for updates. Note: This document was found in… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – Penultimate Draft [Scrap Resolution: Powers and Privileges of the House of Commons and Senate] (24 December 1866) →