Document Information Date: 1864-09-10 By: The Montreal Herald Citation: “Correspondence. Federation— Canals”, The Montreal Herald (10 September, 1864) Other formats: TBA CORRESPONDENCE. FEDERATION—CANALS. To the Editor of the MONTREAL HERALD. Montreal, Sept. 7th, 1864. DEAR SIR,—Since the Government has not enlightened the public as to what they are doing on this all important subject, I presume they are waiting to see and hear the matter discussed through the ever available channel—”The Press,” I therefore avail myself of the medium of your most valuable paper to give my view on this subject,… Read more “Correspondence. Federation—Canals”, The Montreal Herald (10 September, 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-09 By: The Globe Citation: “The Charlottetown Convention”, The Globe [Toronto] (9 September 1864). Other formats: The Charlottetown Convention. A HARMONIOUS CONFERENCE. Adjournment to Halifax. CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I., Sept. 7. The Conference of Delegates from the several provinces to consider the expediency of uniting, under one Government and Legislature, certain portions or the whole of British North America, has continued its deliberations here since the 1st inst. The Conference meets every morning at ten o’clock, and adjourn at three p.m. The Delegates enjoy the evening in the hospitalities… Read more “The Charlottetown Convention”, The Globe (9 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-09 By: Perth Courier Citation: “The Seat of Government”, Perth Courier (9 September, 1864) Other formats: TBA THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT. The Globe of Tuesday, the 6th inst., contains a reply to our article of last week on the seat of Government question, in as which it is claimed that Ottawa has good a chance of becoming the capital of the Confederation as any other city within its boundaries. For the disappointment of our hopes of seeing the next session of Parliament held there, we are consoled by… Read more “The Seat of Government”, Perth Courier (9 September, 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-07 By: The Boston Herald Citation: “The Proposed Union of the Maritime Provinces of Canada”, The Boston Herald (8 September 1864). Other formats: The Proposed Union of the Maritime Provinces of Canada— A Probable Confederation of All British North America. CHARLOTTETOWN, P. E. I., Aug. 7. The Conference of Delegates from the several Provinces, to consider the expediency of uniting under one Government and Legislature certain portions of the whole British North America, has continued its deliberations here since the first of September. The Conference meet… Read more “The Proposed Union of the Maritime Provinces of Canada”, The Boston Herald (8 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-08 By: Edward Cardwell Citation: Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Lieutenant Governor George Dundas (8 September 1864) in Prince Edward Island, Journal of the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island, Appendix E (1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). DOWNING STREET, 8th September, 1864. SIR; I have the honor to acknowledge your Despatch, No. 57, of the 3rd of August, announcing the selection which you had made of gentlemen to represent Prince Edward Island in the Conference on the question… Read more Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Lieutenant Governor George Dundas, No. 17 (8 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-01 By: Viscount Monck Citation: Despatch from Viscount Monck to Lieutenant Governor George Dundas (1 September 1864) in Journal of the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island (1865), Appendix E. (1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). QUEBEC, 1st September, 1864. SIR; I have the honor to enclose for your information a copy of a Report of my Executive Council, approved by myself in reference to the Conference of Delegates from the Maritime Provinces at Charlottetown. I have, &c., &c., (Signed) MONCK.… Read more Despatch from Viscount Monck to Lieutenant Governor George Dundas (1 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-01 By: Lord Monck Citation: Despatch from Lord Monck to Sir Richard Graves Macdonell (1 September 1864) in Journal and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Appendix No. 3—Union of the Colonies (1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Quebec, 1st September, 1864 SIR,— I have the honor to enclose, for your information, a copy of a report of my Executive Council, approved by myself in reference to the Conference of Delegates from the Maritime Provinces at… Read more Despatch from Lord Monck to Sir Richard Graves Macdonell (1 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-08-31 By: The Montreal Herald Citation: “Confederation”, The Montreal Herald (31 August, 1864) Other formats: TBA CONFEDERATION. —An article which we translate to-day from the Journal de Quebec touches the great difficulty, from the French Canadian point of view, which will attend the construction of the new organization, Federal or Confederal. To these gentlemen the confederacy is to be only a means of augmenting, not Canadian, but French Canadian power—to limit its sphere, perhaps; but also to intensify it and in the intensified form to hedge it about… Read more “Confederation”, The Montreal Herald (31 August, 1864) →