Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, later version, revised copy, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/1, pp. 19399-19450). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. [App ILLEGIBLE (4)] 19399 [249] [Subsequent to 3d draft] [ILLEGIBLE as subsequent to 3d draft revised] [Not to be ILLEGIBLE] [ILLEGIBLE to so ILLEGIBLE subsequent] (Confidential.) A BILL To provide for the Union and Government… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – fourth working draft, later version, revised copy [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – local constitutions drafts revised package, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19500-19518). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 19500 [351] 33 LOCAL CONSTITUTIONS. THE EXECUTIVE. 84.—For each of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, there shall be an officer, styled the Lieutenant-Governor, to be appointed by the Governor-General in Council, under… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – local constitutions drafts revised package [n.d.] →
Document Information Date: n.d. By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – local constitutions drafts revised package, copy 4, n.d. (MG 26, A, Vol. 49/2, pp. 19576-19594). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. 19576 [427] 33 LOCAL CONSTITUTIONS. THE EXECUTIVE. [Checkmark] 84.—For each of the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, there shall be an officer, styled the Lieutenant-Governor, to be appointed by the Governor-General… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – local constitutions drafts revised package, copy 4 [n.d.] →
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, 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: 1867-01-23 By: n.a. Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Colonial Office draft, copy 2, January 23rd, 1867 (MG 26, A, Vol. 48, pp. 18989-19000). Other formats: Click here to view the original document (PDF). Notes: The transcription still needs to be verified for accuracy. Confidential Revise, 23 Jan, 1867. British North America 1 DRAFT OF A BILL FOR The Union of the British North American Colonies, and for the Government of the United Colony, [Qu, whether to… Read more John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the British North America Act, 1867 – Colonial Office draft, copy 2 (23 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, 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) →