Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – third working draft, early copy, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 19101-19124). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 19101[374] (Confidential.) WHEREAS the Provinces of CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK have expressed their desire to form a Federal Union under the British Crown, for the purposes of Government and Legislation, based upon the principles of… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – third working draft, early copy [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: 1867-01-31 By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – second working draft with handwritten provisions and notes, January 31st, 1867 (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 19040-19082). 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). 19040[1] [313] [2d draft revised 31 Jany] (Confidential.) WHEREAS the Provinces of CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK have expressed their desire to form… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – second working draft with handwritten provisions and notes (31 January 1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867-01-31 By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – second working draft, January 31st, 1867 (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 19022-19039). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. [2? draft. Jan 31.] [14] [295] 19022 (Confidential.) WHEREAS the Provinces of CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK have expressed their desire to form a Federal Union under the British Crown, for the purposes of Government and… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – second working draft (31 January 1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867-01-30 By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – first working draft, January 30th, 1867 (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 19017-19021). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. [290]19017 (Confidential.) WHEREAS the Provinces of CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK have expressed their desire to form a Federal Union under the British Crown, for the purposes of Government and Legislation, based upon the principles of… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – first working draft (30 January 1867) →
Document Information Date: 1867-01-30 By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – first working draft with handwritten provisions, January 30th, 1867 (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 19001-19006). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 19001 [1st-draft January 30, 1867. 274] (Confidential.) WHEREAS the Provinces of CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, and NEW BRUNSWICK have expressed their desire to form a Federal Union under the British Crown, for the purposes of… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – first working draft with handwritten provisions (30 January 1867) →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – rough working draft, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 18768-18793). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 18768[41] [Rough Draft] CONFIDENTIAL Be it enacted by THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Lord Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – rough working draft [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – rough working draft, John A. Macdonald’s copy, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 18845-18870). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 18845[118] [Rough Draft] CONFIDENTIAL Be it enacted by THE QUEEN’S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Lord Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – rough working draft, John A. Macdonald’s Copy [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: 1866-12-28 By: N/A Citation: London Resolutions as found in Joseph Pope (ed), Confederation: Being a Series of Hitherto Unpublished Documents Bearing on the British North America Act (Toronto: Carswell Co. Ltd., 1895) at 98-110. Other formats: N/A. 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 Britain, provided such Union can be effected on principles just to the several Provinces. 2. In the Confederation of the British North American Provinces, the… Read more London Resolutions, Final Version (28 December 1866) →