Document Information Date: 1913-04-11 By: John Hamilton Gray Citation: John Hamilton Gray, Confederation; Or, The Political and Parliamentary History of Canada, From The Conference at Quebec, in October, 1864, to the Admission of British Columbia, in July, 1871 (Toronto: Copp, Clark & Co., Printers, 1872). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). The HTML Text Below Has Not Yet Been Edited This document has not yet been edited for mistakes. Help us out by correcting the text and mailing it as a text file to pd@theccf.ca. Your help… Read more John Hamilton Gray, Confederation; Or, The Political and Parliamentary History of Canada […] (1872) →
Document Information Date: 1868 By: Fennings Taylor Citation: Fennings Taylor, Thos. D’Arcy McGee: Sketch of his Life and Death (Montreal: John Lovell, 1868). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). D’Arcy McGee Thos. D’Arcy McGee Sketch Of His Life and Death, By Fennings Taylor, With a Life-Sized Portrait by W. Notman. Montreal: Printed by John Lovell, St. Nicholas Street. 1868 THE HONORABLE THOMAS D’ARCY McGEE Of Montreal _____________________ Had the Honorable Thomas D’Arcy McGee lived in the middle of the sixth century he would have very probably… Read more Fennings Taylor, Thos. D’Arcy McGee: Sketch of his Life and Death (1868) →
Document Information Date: 1867-09 By: John Gooch Citation: John Gooch, Manual or Explanatory Development of the Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in One Dominion Under the Name Canada (Ottawa: G.E. Desbarats, 1867). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). MANUAL OR EXPLANATORY DEVELOPMENT OF THE ACT FOR THE UNION OF CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA AND NEW BRUNSWICK IN ONE DOMINION UNDER THE NAME OF CANADA, SYNTHETICAL AND ANALYTICAL: WITH THE TEXT OF THE ACT, ETC., AND INDEX TO THE ACT AND THE… Read more John Gooch, Manual or Explanatory Development of the Act for the Union of Canada, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, in One Dominion Under the Name Canada (1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867-04-05 By: John A. Macdonald, Joseph Pope Citation: Letter from John A. Macdonald to Viscount Monck (5 April 1867)in Joseph Pope, Memoirs of The Right Honourable Sir John A Macdonald, Vol. I, (Ottawa: J. Durie & Son, 1894) at 390-392. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). London, April 5, 1867. My Dear Lord Monck, As the Confederation Bill is now law, and must shortly be put in force, I think it well to write you on some preliminary matters for your consideration. In… Read more Letter from John A. Macdonald to Viscount Monck (5 April 1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867-02-06 By: John A. Macdonald, Joseph Pope Citation: Letter from Frederic Rogers to John A. Macdonald (6 February 1867) in Sir Joseph Pope, Correspondence of Sir John Macdonald (Toronto: Doubleday, Page & Company, 1921) at 41. Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). C.O., Feb 6, 1867. MY DEAR MR. MACDONALD, I have had a sitting with Mr. Reilly over his and your drafts—which he seems pretty much to have in shape, or so nearly so that they could be placed in a few… Read more Letter from Frederic Rogers to John A. Macdonald (6 February 1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867-01-30 By: John A. Macdonald Citation: Letter from John A. Macdonald to Lord Carnarvon (30 January 1867). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). 20339 Westminster Palace Hotel, Victoria Street, London, S.W. January 30, 1867 My dear Lord Carnarvon Our propositions were 1st That the tenure of office for the Senate should be for life. 2d That to preserve sectional interests, each of the three sections should be equally represented. We left the case there, but your 20340 Lordship called our attention to the… Read more Letter [re: Senate] from John A. Macdonald to Lord Carnarvon (30 January 1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867 By: Martin I. Wilkins Citation: Martin I. Wilkins, Confederation Examined in the Light of Reason and Common Sense: And the British N.A. Act Shewn to be Unconstitutional (Halifax: Z.S. Hall, 1867). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). BY MARTIN I. WILKINS, Q.C. PUBLISHED BY: Z.S. HALL, BOOKSELLER AND STATIONER, HOLLIS STREET, HALIFAX, N.S. 1867 [Page 3] TO THE PEOPLE OF NOVA SCOTIA It is my purpose, in the following pages, to expose the fallacies of a Pamphlet on CONFEDERATION, “by a NOVA… Read more Martin I. Wilkins, Confederation Examined in the Light of Reason and Common Sense: And the British N.A. Act Shewn to be Unconstitutional (1867) →
Document Information Date: 1866-12 By: W.H. Pope Citation: W.H. Pope, The Confederation Question, Considered From a Prince Edward Island Point of View (Charlottetown: Whelan, “Examiner” Office, 1866). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). THE CONFEDERATION QUESTION, CONSIDERED FROM A PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND POINT OF VIEW. BY W. H. POPE. CHARLOTTETOWN: PRINTED BY EDWARD WHELAN, “EXAMINER” OFFICE, 1866. THE CONFEDERATION QUESTION, CONSIDERED FROM A PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND POINT OF VIEW. In the following pages, it is intended to narrate and review briefly the proceedings relative to the… Read more W.H. Pope, The Confederation Question, Considered From a Prince Edward Island Point of View (1866) →