Document Information Date: [prob.] 1866-12 By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Hewitt Bernard Loose Notes from the London Conference, n.d. (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18264). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: The dating of the draft remains uncertain. More study of the draft is required and is being undertaken by our team. Only a rough transcription has been completed and we hope to decipher the remaining text in the near future. Please check back… Read more Hewitt Bernard, Loose Notes from the London Conference (December 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12-12 By: J. Michel Citation: Despatch from Lieutenant-General J. Michel to the Earl of Carnarvon (12 December 1866) in UK, Parliament, Correspondence respecting the Proposed Union of the British North American Provinces (London: George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 1867). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). No. 26. COPY of a DESPATCH from Lieut.-General Sir J. MiCHEL to the Right Hon. the Earl of CARNARVON. (No. 6.) Montreal, December 12, 1866. (Received December 28, 1866.) (Answered, No. 123, January 5, 1867, page 51.)… Read more Despatch from Lieutenant-General J. Michel to the Earl of Carnarvon (12 December 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12-11 By: Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon Citation: Diary Entry from the 4th Earl of Carnarvon (11 December 1866). Other formats: N/A Tuesday 11 December (Highclere) Discussed various points in Confederation scheme with delegates. They are much in favour of a nominated not elective Legislative Council. They will I think give up right of pardoning now proposed to be given to Lieutenant-Governors, and they expressed themselves anxious to make provincial Legislatures and Governments as municipal in character as possible.
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 2, copy 2, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/2, pp. 18591-18609). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 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… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 2, copy 2, n.d. →
John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions *Note: These drafts are currently being analyzed and dated. Note that version numbers are not final. There is evidence of intermediary drafts not yet discovered. Version No. 1, Copy 1 (December 1866) Version No. 1, Copy 2 (December 1866) Version No. 2, Copy 1 (December 1866) Version No. 2, Copy 2 (December 1866) Version No. 3, Copy 1 (December 1866) Version 4, Copy 1 (December 1866) Penultimate Draft, Copy 1 (1866) Final Version (December 1866) [From Pope] Post-Conference Drafts (Leading into… Read more COLLECTION: Drafts of the London Resolutions (1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12-04/06 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – first working draft, copy 2, December 4-6th, 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 46, pp. 18169-18174). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription for this document has not transcribed the handwritten notes. For those please consult the PDF. The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. REPORT Of resolutions adopted at a Conference of Delegates from the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – first working draft, copy 2 (4-6 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 2, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/2, pp. 18534-18553). 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 2, n.d. →
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 2, copy 1, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/2, pp. 18554-18571). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 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… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 2, copy 1, n.d. →