Hewitt Bernard, Rough Notes from the London Conference (13-14 December 1866)
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Date: [prob.] 1866-12-13 – 1866-12-14
By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates
Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Hewitt Bernard Rough Notes from the London Conference, December 13-14th, 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18262-18263).
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18262
1st Clause Word “Federal” objected by Mr. Henry to be considered
2nd C. The words “Prince Edward Island” to be dropped in 1st place they occur.
3rd agreed
4th ”
5th “commander-in-chief” to be subject to constitutional advice
-To be considered-
6th agreed
7. do. for consideration
8 ” ” ”
9. ” ” ”
10 ” ” ”
11 ” ”
12 ” ” “real” proposed to be struck out
13 ” ”
14. ” ”
15. agreed.
16. ”
17. “194” reduced to 181. P. Island & Newfoundland struck out.
18. agreed. “[illegible] the first general election after” to be inserted after “until”
19. stands over
20. agreed
21. stands over
22. agreed
23. To be modified
24. struck out – see 41 –
25. stand over
26. agreed
27. agreed
28. ”
29. stands for consideration
18263
1st Clause adopted.
“Federal”
2nd [illegible] adopted
“confederation” in lieu of “federation”
PEI struck out at first [illegible] in last [illegible]
“is” instead of [illegible]
3 ” adopted
4 ” do
5. “Representation of the Sovereign” struck out otherwise adopted
6 adopted “Confederation” instead of confederated provinces [illegible] of the Sovereign after the word composed
7 “Confederation” instead of Conf Prov. (P.E.I. out)
8 N.S. 12 + N.B. 12 PEI out
new 8 ½ New rel to P.E.I. coming in
9th adopted inserted “where admitted”
Instead of “shall be entitled [illegible”
10 adopted [illegible] omitted
11
12 adopted “[illegible] of the [illegible] for whose [illegible] appointed” last clause out.
23. at In N.S. & N.B. counties [illegible] [illegible] [illegible to be constituted as electoral districts of [illegible]
24 Out