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: 1866-09-24 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: 1866-06-26 By: Province of Canada (Parliament) Citation: Province of Canada, Parliament, Scrapbook Debates, 8th Parl, 5th Sess, 1866 at 2-43*. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). *These pages follow the 1866 Scrapbook Debates proceedings as a stand-alone document. LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY TUESDAY June 26, 1866 In Committee of Ways and Means, Alexander Galt [Sherbrooke, Minister of Finance] made his financial statement as follows:—Mr. Chairman, when I last had the honor of addressing the Committee with reference to the financial position of the province, it… Read more Province of Canada, Legislative Assembly, Scrapbook Debates [Committee of Ways and Means], 8th Parl, 5th Sess, (26 June 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-06-22 By: Viscount Monck Citation: Letter from Viscount Monck to John A. Macdonald (22 June 1866), MG26-A, Vol. 51, 20230-20233]. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 20230 Confidential. June 22, 1866. My dear Macdonald There is only one point in your note, just received, on which I desire to set myself right. I never meant to imply I certainly did not express that I entertained any doubt of your sincerity or that of your colleagues with regard to the question of Union. What… Read more Letter from Viscount Monck to John A. Macdonald, Response re Local Constitutions (22 June 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-06-22 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: Letter from John A. Macdonald to Viscount Monck (22 June 1866) [Library and Archives Canada, MG26-A, Vol. 51, 20216-20221)]. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Note: There is also a draft of this letter (PDF). 20216 Copy Confidential June 22nd 1866 My dear Lord Monck, I received your note yesterday afternoon, and I must say that it has distressed me greatly. I regret very much that you should feel yourself forced from a sense of duty to… Read more Letter from John A. Macdonald to Viscount Monck re Local Constitutions (22 June 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-06-21 By: Viscount Monck Citation: Letter from Viscount Monck to John A. Macdonald (22 June 1866), MG26-A, Vol. 51, 20211-20215]. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 20211 Confidential June 21, 1866. My dear Macdonald, I am getting so uneasy at the inaction in Parliament with respect to the completion of our portion of the Union plan, that I feel compelled to put you in possession of the strong opinion I entertain on the question, and of the course of conduct in reference to… Read more Letter from Viscount Monck to John A. Macdonald, Urging Haste on Local Constitutions (21 June 1866) →
Document Information Date: 1866-06-17 By: Charles Tupper Citation: Letter from Charles Tupper to John A. Macdonald (17 June 1866), MG26-A, Vol. 51, 20200-20203]. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF).