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Date: 1864-08-03
By: George Dundas
Citation: Despatch from Lieutenant Governor George Dundas to Right Hon. Edward Cardwell (3 August 1864) in Journal of the House of Assembly of Prince Edward Island (1865), Appendix E. (1865).
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GOVERNMENT HOUSE,
3rd August, 1864.

SIR;

I have the honor to inform you that it has been mutually agreed between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and this Island, that Charlottetown, the Capital of this Colony, be selected as the place of meeting for the forthcoming Conference, which is to discuss the expediency of a Union of these three Provinces. The first of September has been fixed as the period of meeting.

I have, with the advice of my Ministers, nominated five gentlemen to represent this Island at the ensuing Conference. Three of these gentlemen are members of the Government. Two are selected from the Opposition.

Their names are as follows:—
The Hon. J. H. Gray, (Leader of the Government.)
The Hon. E. Palmer, (Attorney General.)
” W. H. Pope, (Colonial Secretary.)
” George Coles.
” Andrew A. McDonald.

I have the honor to be,
&c., &c., &c.
(Signed) GEORGE DUNDAS,
Lieut. Governor.

The Right Honorable
Edward Cardwell, M. P.,
&c., &c., &c.