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Date: 1868-05-20
By: Canada (Parliament)
Citation: Canada, House of Commons Debates, 1st Parl, 1st Sess, 1868 at 755.
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APPOINTMENT OF DR. TUPPER

Luther Holton [Châteauguay] desired information as to the appointment of Dr. Tupper in the matter of the appeal of Nova Scotia to the Imperial authorities.

John A. Macdonald [Kingston] said that at the time of the appointment he had notified the House that the appointment had been made in order that the honourable gentleman should be at hand to give information to the Imperial authorities on the subject treated of in the petition from Nova Scotia regarding severance from the Union. He had no authority of any kind except to be at hand to give such information. Therefore no official communication had been received from him. A few private letters had been received, but of no public consequence.