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, McCully’s copy, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/2, pp. 18645-18663). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. J. McCully [Jany 1- 1866] [illegible note re the date] 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… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – post-conference working draft, version 2, McCully’s copy, n.d. →
Document Information Date: 1866-12-04 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – first working draft, copy 1, December 4th, 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 46, pp. 18184-18190). 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 1 (4 December 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – fourth working draft, December 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47, pp. 18439-18494). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: Endnotes are from Michael Scott & Charles Dumais, Book in Progress: The British North America Act (2025). 18439 1[1] Resolutions adopted at a Conference of Delegates from the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick held at the City of London on the 4th day of December… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – fourth working draft, n.d. →
Document Information Date: 1866-10-04 By: George-Étienne Cartier Citation: Letter from George-Étienne Cartier to Lord Carnarvon (4 October 1866), Henry Herbert, 4th Earl of Carnarvon: Papers , London (UK), The National Archives (PRO 30/6/136). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF).
Document Information Date: 1866-09-25 By: Colonial Office (UK), Viscount Monck Citation: Memorandum, Colonial Office, Copy of Two Despatches from Viscount Monck Containing Observations on the Quebec Scheme for the Union of the Provinces of British North America(September 25, 1866), London (UK), The National Archives (CO 880/4/7). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Printed exclusively for the use of the Colonial Office. CONFIDENTIAL. COPY OF TWO DESPATCHES FROM VISCOUNT MONCK, CONTAINING OBSERVATIONS ON THE QUEBEC SCHEME FOR THE UNION OF THE PROVINCES OF BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. Colonial Office,… Read more Colonial Office, “Copy of Two Despatches from Viscount Monck Containing Observations on the Quebec Scheme…” (25 September 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-09-24 By: Executive Council, Province of Canada Citation: Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on the 24th September 1866. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 19859 Copy of a Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council on the 24th September 1866. The Committee have had before them a despatch, No. 39, dated 31st August, 1866, from the Right… Read more Report of a Committee of the Honorable the Executive Council, approved by His Excellency the Governor General in Council (24 September 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-07-24 By: Colonial Office (UK) Citation: Memorandum, Colonial Office, British North America. Quebec Resolutions. (With Observations and Notes.) (July 24, 1866), London (UK), The National Archives (CO 880/4/6). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). CONFIDENTIAL. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. QUEBEC RESOLUTIONS. (With Observations and Notes.) THE Resolutions, known as the Quebec Resolutions, were adopted at a Conference held at Quebec in October 1864, in which (on the invitation of the Governor-General of Canada, and with the approval of the Secretary of State) Representatives of Nova… Read more Colonial Office, “British North America. Quebec Resolutions. (With Observations and Notes)” (24 July 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-07-13 By: Colonial Office (UK) Citation: Memorandum, Colonial Office, British North America. Heads of A Bill For Union of British North American Colonies; and for the Government of the United Provinces (July 21, 1866), London (UK), The National Archives (CO 880/4/5). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). CONFIDENTIAL. BRITISH NORTH AMERICA. HEADS OF A BILL For Union of British North American Colonies; and for the Government of the United Province. WHEREAS in the month of October 1864 persons nominated by the respective Lieutenant-Governors of… Read more Colonial Office, “British North America. Heads of A Bill For Union of British North American Colonies; and for the Government of the United Provinces,” (21 July 1866) →