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Date: 1866-04-16
By: Viscount Monck
Citation: Despatch from Viscount Monck to Lieutenant Governor Arthur Gordon (16 April 1866). “RETURN To an Address of the Honorable the Legislative Assembly, of the 12th June, 1866, asking for Correspondence relative to the Union of the North American Provinces” in Sessional Papers (1866).
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MONTREAL, 16th April, 1866.

SIR,—I have the honor to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of your letter of the 9th instant, enclosing copies of a Resolution and Address passed by the Legislative Council of New Brunswick, praying for an enactment for the purpose of uniting the British North American Colonies, together with a copy of your reply thereto.

I have, &c.,

(Signed,) MONCK.

Lieutenant Governor
The Hon. A. H. Gordon, C. M. G., &c., &c., &c.
New Brunswick.