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1 online resource (li, 377 pages) |
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Carleton library series ; 215 |
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Carleton library ; 215.
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| 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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
| Summary |
Presents John A Macdonald's records of the process by which the Fathers of Confederation drafted the Canadian Constitution and prepared it for passage by the Westminster Parliament. This title is augmented by a selection of letters, notes from informal meetings, and colonial office memoranda |
| Notes |
Originally published, as no. 40 in the Carleton library series, Toronto : McClelland and Stewart, 1969 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-351) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Canada. Constitution Act, 1867 -- Sources
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| SUBJECT |
Confederation of Canada (1867) fast |
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Constitution Act, 1867 (Canada) fast |
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Constitutional history -- Canada -- Sources
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HISTORY -- Canada -- Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
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HISTORY -- Canada -- Post-Confederation (1867- )
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Constitutional history
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Politics and government
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Canada -- History -- Confederation, 1867 -- Sources
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Canada -- Politics and government -- 1841-1867 -- Sources
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| Subject |
Canada
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ajzenstat, Janet, 1936-
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Browne, G. P. (Gerald Peter)
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| ISBN |
9780773576094 |
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0773576096 |
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1282866559 |
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9781282866553 |
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9786612866555 |
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6612866551 |
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