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Date: 1866-12-20
By: Hewitt Bernard, John A. Macdonald, British North American Delegates
Citation: John A. Macdonald Fonds, Drafts of the London Resolutions – [Scrap Resolution: Intercolonial Railway] , December 20, 1866 (MG 26 A, Vol. 47/1, p. 18278).
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18278

[illegible notes in margin]

Mr. Galt moved

2ded by Mr Tilley

The construction of the Intercolonial Railway being essential to the consolidation of the Union of British North America, and to the assent of the Maritime Provinces thereto, it is agreed that provision be made for its immediate construction by the General Government under the Guarantee, and that the Imperial guarantee for three millions sterling [illegible] pledged for this work be applied thereto, so soon as the necessary authority has been obtained from the Imperial Parliament.

Reverse side

20 Dec

Mr. Galt

Resl 68

Carried