Document Information Date: 1864-09-21 By: Edward Cardwell Citation: Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell (21 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). Downing Street, 21st September, 1864. SIR,— I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch, No. 13, of the 31st of August, reporting the names of the gentlemen whom you had appointed to represent… Read more Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Sir Richard Graves Macdonnell (21 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1865-09-21 By: The Charleston Mercury [From the New York Tribune] Citation: “British American Confederation”, The Charleston Mercury (21 September 1864). Other formats: BRITISH AMERICAN CONFEDERATION. [From the New York Tribune.] The first conference of delegates from the eastern provinces of British America—Canada, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward’s Island—met on the 1st of September at Charlottetown Prince Edward’s Island. Originally, this meeting had been convoked for the purpose of deliberating on the expediency of uniting, under one Government, and one Legislature, the local Maritime provinces—Nova Scotia,… Read more “British American Confederation”, The Charleston Mercury (21 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-19 By: Edward Cardwell Citation: Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon (19 September 1864) in Journal of the Legislative Council of the Province of New Brunswick (1865). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Downing Street, 19th September, 1864. SIR,—With reference to my Despatch of the 11th of July, I have the honor to acquaint you that the British Minister at Washington has addressed a further note to the Government of the United States, urging the objections to the… Read more Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon (19 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-19 By: The Globe [from the Montreal Gazette) Citation: “The Confederation of the Provinces”, The Globe [Toronto] (19 September 1864). Other formats: THE CONFEDERATION OF THE PROVINCES. We (Montreal Gazette) on Thursday received the following intelligence by telegraph from St. John, N.B.:— “There was a splendid gathering in favour of Confederation here last night. The delegates go up to visit Lieut-Governor Gordon today (15th) except Messrs McGee and Brown called back to Canada by urgent private business. The cause of the confederation has made substantial [?] progress,… Read more “The Confederation of the Provinces”, The Globe (19 September 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-17 By: The Montreal Herald Citation: “Catholic Convention in Lower Canada.”, The Montreal Herald (17 September, 1864) Other formats: TBA THE CATHOLIC CONVENTION IN LOWER CANADA. We see that the Montreal True Witness demands a continuance of the existing state of things, or a repeal of the legislative union between Upper and Lower Canada, in the interest of the latter Province In this our contemporary is sustained by L’Union Nationale; and the whole of the French Opposition of Lower Canada. They are unanimous in denouncing the Federation Scheme… Read more “Catholic Convention in Lower Canada”, The Montreal Herald (17 September, 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-16 By: The Montreal Herald Citation: “New Books.—The Northern Kingdom.—By a Colonist.”, The Montreal Herald (16 September, 1864) Other formats: TBA NEW BOOKS. — THE NORTHERN KINGDOM.—BY A COLONIST.—Dawson Bros., Montreal : This pamphlet is, we suppose, to be fairly taken as one of the signs of the times—one of the indications of the direction which the thoughts of thinking men are taking, and of the problems which sooner or later will be forced for practical solution on the population, of whom unfortunately a large part think very… Read more “New Books — The Northern Kingdom — By a Colonist”, The Montreal Herald (16 September, 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-16 By: True Witness Citation: “The Issue Defined”, True Witness (16 September, 1864) Other formats: TBA THE ISSUE DEFINED. — Judging from the tone of the French Canadian press, we seem at last to be advancing rapidly towards a clear understanding on the great question of the day—that of the proposed constitutional changes, and the future relative positions of Upper and Lower Canada. We omit all consideration, for the present, of the Lower Provinces, because we do not believe that there is at present any probability of these… Read more “The Issue Defined”, True Witness (16 September, 1864) →
Document Information Date: 1864-09-15 By: The Montreal Herald Citation: “French Canadian Views of Confederation”, The Montreal Herald (15 September, 1864) Other formats: TBA FRENCH CANADIAN VIEWS OF CONFEDERATION. L’Ordre says:—We ought sooner to have spoken of the two last sessions of the French Canadian Institute. This literary and national institution has thought that it could not begin its interrupted sessions in a better manner than by submitting to the consideration of its members the great question of the day—the Confederation of the British North American Provinces. This question has been discussed… Read more “French Canadian Views on Confederation”, The Montreal Herald (15 September, 1864) →