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Date: 1865-03-06
By: James Thorne
Citation: Despatch from James Thorne (6 March 1865) to the Provincial Secretary’s Office in Journal and Proceedings of the House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Appendix No. 3—Union of the Colonies (1865).
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Minute of Council, 29th August, 1864.

His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor by the advice of the Executive Council, is pleased to make the following appointment:—

To be a Delegate to confer with Delegates appointed by the Lieutenant-Governors of New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, for the purpose of considering the subject of a Union of the three Provinces under one Government and Legislature.

The Honorable Jonathan McCully in place of John Locke, M.P.P., resigned.

[A true copy.]

JAMES H. THORNE,

C.E.C

Provincial Secretary’s Office, 6th March, 1865.