Documents on the Confederation of British North America 9780773576094

Table of contents :
Contents
Introduction
Introduction to the 2009 CLS Edition
Preface to Sir Joseph Pope's Confederation
Abbreviations
DOCUMENTS - SECTION A: THE REACTION OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE TO THE CANADIAN INITIATIVE OF 1858
1. Extract from the Speech by Gov.-General Sir Edmund Head on Proroguing the Canadian Legislature, 16 August, 1858 (enclosed in Gov.-General Head to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 16 August, 1858)
2. Report of a Committee of The Executive Council dated 4 September, 1858, Approved by the Governor General in Council on 9 September, 1858, (enclosed in Gov.-Gen. Head to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 9 September, 1858)
3. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton to Gov.-General Head, 10 September, 1858
4. Gov.-General Head to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 27 September, 1858
5. Memorandum from the Executive Council of New Brunswick to Lieut.-Governor J. H. T. Manners-Sutton (enclosed in Lieut.-Governor Manners-Sutton to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 29 September, 1858)
6. Lieut.-Governor Manners-Sutton to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 2 October, 1858 (private and confidential)
7. Governor Sir Alexander Bannerman to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 11 October, 1858
8. Lieut.-Governor Manners-Sutton to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 11 October, 1858 (private)
9. Gov.-General Head to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 22 October, 1858 (confidential)
10. G. E. Cartier, J. J. Ross, and M. East [A. T. Gait] to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 25 October, 1858
11. G. E. Cartier, J. J. Ross, and M. East [A. T. Gait] to Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 25 October, 1858 (private and confidential)
12. Memorandum by T. F. Elliott, 4 November, 1858 (confidential)
13. Memorandum for the Cabinet by Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton, 10 November, 1858 (most confidential)
14. Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton to Gov.-General Head, 26 November, 1858
15. Lieut-Governor Lord Mulgrave's Reply to the Circular Despatch of 26 November, 1858, Asking for the opinion of the Governors of the British North American Provinces on the Question of Union, 30 December, 1858 (as summarised in a memorandum, unsigned)
DOCUMENTS-SECTION B: THE ATTITUDE OF THE COLONIAL OFFICE, 1859-1864
16. Minute by the Duke of Newcastle on Lieut.-Governor Manners-Sutton to the Duke of Newcastle, 29 September, 1859 (private and confidential)
17. Circular Despatch from the Duke of Newcastle, 27 January, 1860
18. Minute by the Duke of Newcastle on Lieut.-Governor Mulgrave to the Duke of Newcastle, 21 May, 1860
19. The Duke of Newcastle to Lieut.-Governor Mulgrave, 6 July, 1862
20. The Duke of Newcastle to Gov.-General Lord Monck, 21 August, 1862
DOCUMENTS - SECTION C: THE CHARLOTTETOWN CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER, 1864
21. Charles Tupper's Minutes of the Charlottetown Conference, 1-16 September, 1864
22. Lieut.-Governor A. H. Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 12 September, 1864
23. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 26 September, 1864
DOCUMENTS-SECTION D: PREPARATION FOR THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE, SEPTEMBER-OCTOBER, 1864
24. Gov.-General Monck to the Lieutenant Governors of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island, and the Governor of Newfoundland, 23 September, 1864
25. Gov.-General Monck to Edward Cardwell, 23 September, 1864
26. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 26 September, 1864
27. Lieut.-Governor Sir Richard MacDonnell to Gov.-General Monck, 3 October, 1864
28. Lieut-Governor George Dundas to Gov.-General Monck, 6 October, 1864
29. Edward Cardwell to Lieut.-Governor Gordon, 1 October, 1864
30. Edward Cardwell to Gov.-General Monck, 14 October, 1864
DOCUMENTS - SECTION E: THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE, OCTOBER, 1864
31. Hewitt Bernard's Minutes of the Quebec Conference, 10-29 October, 1864
32. Hewitt Bernard's Notes on the Quebec Conference, 11-25 October, 186
33. A. A. Macdonald's Notes on the Quebec Conference, 10-29 October, 1864
34. The Quebec Resolutions, October, 1864
DOCUMENTS - SECTION F: THE REACTION TO THE QUEBEC RESOLUTIONS, OCTOBER, 1864-SEPTEMBER, 1865
35. Edward Cardwell to Lieut.-Governor Gordon, 14 October, 1864
36. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 7 November, 1864
37. Gov.-General Monck to Edward Cardwell, 7 November, 1864
38. Edward Cardwell to Lieut-Governor Gordon, 12 November, 1864
39. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, undated
40. Edward Cardwell to Gov.-General Monck, 3 December, 1864
41. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 5 December, 1864
42. Edward Cardwell to Lieut.-Governor Gordon, 10 December, 1864
43. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 2 January, 1865
44. Speech by the Prime Minister of New Brunswick, S. L. Tilley (enclosed in Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 2 January, 1865)
48. Edward Cardwell to Lieut.-Governor Gordon, 4 March, 1865
49. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Gov.-General Monck, April, 1865
50. Lieut.-Governor Gordon to Edward Cardwell, 5 June, 1865
51. Edward Cardwell to Lieut.-Governor Gordon, 15 September, 1865
DOCUMENTS - SECTION G: PREPARATION FOR THE LONDON CONFERENCE, JULY-DECEMBER, 1866
52. Edward Cardwell to Lord Carnarvon, 6 July, 1866
53. Edward Cardwell to Lord Carnarvon, 19 July, 1866
54. Edward Cardwell to Lord Carnarvon, 20 July, 1866
55. Lord Carnarvon to Edward Cardwell, 20 July, 1866
56. Heads of a Bill for (Union of the British North American Colonies; and for the Government of the United Provinces, unsigned, undated
57. Gov.-General Monck to Lord Carnarvon, 21 July, 1866
58. Observations and Notes on the Quebec Resolutions, unsigned, 24 July, 1866
59. Draft of a Bill to Provide for a Union of the Provinces of British North America, and for the Government of the United Province, unsigned, undated
60. Lord Carnarvon to Gov.-General Monck, 26 July, 1866
61. Charles Tupper to Lord Carnarvon, 28 July, 186
62. Lord Carnarvon to Gov.-General Monck, 10 August, 1866
63. Resolutions of the Canadian Legislature, 11 August, 1866
64. Lord Derby to Lord Carnarvon, 5 September, 1866
65. Lord Carnarvon to Lord Derby, 11 October, 1866
66. Gov.-General Monck to Lord Carnarvon, 29 November, 1866
67. John A. Macdonald to Lord Carnarvon, 4 December, 1866
DOCUMENTS-SECTION H: THE LONDON CONFERENCE, DECEMBER, 1866
68. Hewitt Bernard's Minutes of the London Conference, 4-24 December, 1861
69. Hewitt Bernard's Notes on the London Conference, 4-14 December, 1866
70. Lord Carnarvon to Gov.-General Monck, 17 December, 1866
71. Archbishop T. L. Connolly to Lord Carnarvon, 24 December, 1866
72. John A. Macdonald to Lord Carnarvon, 25 December, 1866
73. John A. Macdonald to Lord Carnarvon, 26 December, 1866
74. The London Resolutions, December, 1866
75. Frederic Rogers to John A. Macdonald, 28 December, 1866
76. Lord Carnarvon to John A. Macdonald, 28 December, 1866
DOCUMENTS - SECTION I: THE FRAMING OF THE BRITISH NORTH AMERICA ACT, JANUARY-MARCH, 1867
77. Gov.-General Monck to Lord Carnarvon, 13 January, 1867
78. Rough Draft of the London Conference for a British North America Bill, undated
79. Initial Draft of the British North America Bill, 23 January, 1867
80. Archbishop Connolly to Lord Carnarvon, 30 January, 1867
81. Memorandum concerning Proposed Alterations in Clauses 9-14 of the Draft Bill, unsigned, 30 January, 1867
82. Resolution of the North American Delegates with regard to the Elasticity of the Senate, 1 February, 1867
83. Memorandum for Consideration of the Cabinet by Lord Carnarvon, 2 February, 1867
84. Third Draft of the British North America Bill, 2 February, 1867
85. Fourth Draft of the British North America Bill, undated
86. Final Draft of the British North America Bill, 9 February, 1867
87. Lord Carnarvon to Edward Cardwell, 11 February, 186
88. Edward Cardwell to Lord Carnarvon, 13 February, 1867
89. John A. Macdonald to Lord Carnarvon, 28 February, 1867
90. John A. Macdonald to Lord Carnarvon, 28 February, 1867
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CHART OF IMPERIAL STATESMEN AND COLONIAL GOVERNORS, 1858-1868
NOTE ON THE EDITOR
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