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Date: 1866-03-31
By: Edward Cardwell
Citation: Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon (31 March 1866) in Journal of the Legislative Council of the Province of New Brunswick (1866).
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Downing Street, 31st March, 1866.

SIR,—I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch of the 14th of March.

I have perused with much satisfaction the paragraph of the Address which you enclose, expressing the strong opinion of the Legislative Council in favour of the Union of the British North American Provinces.

I have, &c. (Signed) EDWARD CARDWELL.