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Date: 1864-04-25
By: Edward Cardwell
Citation: Despatch from Right Hon. Edward Cardwell to Major General Doyle (25 April 1864) 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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Downing Street, 25th April, 1864.

SIR,—

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Despatch No. 29, of the 30th ultimo, communicating the Resolution of the House of Assembly respecting the appointment of Delegates to arrange with Delegates from Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick, the preliminaries of an Union between the three Provinces.

I have, &c.,

(Signed) EDWARD CARDWELL.

Major General DOYLE.