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i. SAMUEL CHAMPLAIN 22. JEAN TALON 2. JACQUES CARTIER 23. FACSIMILE OF AN ORDER SIGNED 3. LA SALLE Y TALON ^^ 4. PRINCE RUPERT 24. BILL OF EXCHANGE SIGNED BY 5. MARQUIS DE MONTCALM IGOT 6. WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM 25. LA GALISSONIERE 7. FACSIMILE OF A LETTER CONCERN- 26. THE SEIGNEURIAL COURT ING A PLAN OF QUEBEC BY PAT. 27. BRITISH SOLDIERS DRAWING WOOD MACKELLAR FROM STE FOY TO QUEBEC, 1760 8. JAMES WOLFE 28. JAMES MURRAY 9. FACSIMILE OF WOLFE'S WILL 29. FACSIMILE OF A DOCUMENT SIGNED 10. GEORGE, MARQUIS TOWNSHEND Y MURRAY ii. THE DEATH OF WOLFE 30. SIR GUY CARLETON (LORD DOR- 12. FACSIMILEOFMONTCALM'SLETTER CHESTER) TO THE BRITISH COMMANDER 31. JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE AFTER THE BATTLE OF THE 32. SIR ISAAC BROCK PLAINS 33. FACSIMILE OF BROCK'S PROCLAMA- 13. CHEVALIER DE LEVIS TION, 1812 14. FRANCOIS DE LAVAL DE MONT- 34. THE 'SHANNON' AND THE 'CHESA- MORENCY PEAKE' IN ACTION 15. CARDINAL RICHELIEU 35. CHARLES DE SALABERRY 16. LOUIS XIV 36. LOUIS JOSEPH PAPINEAU 17. FACSIMILE OF A DOCUMENTSIGNED 37. FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM LOUIS BYFRONTENACANDCHAMPIGNY JOSEPH PAPINEAU TO JOHN 18. VAUDREUIL, THE ELDER NEILSON 19. JEAN PTISTE DE SAINT-VALLIER 38. FACSIMILE OF LETTER FROM LOUIS 20. FACSIMILE PAGE OF 'JESUIT RE- JOSEPH PAPINEAU TO JOHN LATION ' NEILSON 21. FACSIMILE OF A DOCUMENT SIGNED 39. REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF LOUIS Y LAVAL JOSEPH PAPINEAU 2
40. SIR JOHN COLBORNE (LORD SEATON) 65. SIR GEORGES ETIENNE CARTIER 41. WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE 66. PRIME MINISTERS, 1867-1912 42. SIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD 67. SIR WILFRID LAURIER 43. PROCLAMATION BY ROBERT NEL- 68. GOVERNORS - GENERAL OF THE SON, 1838 DOMINION OF CANADA 44. REWARD OFFERED FOR THE ARREST 69. VICE-REGAL CONSORTS OF WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE 70. SIR ROBERT LAIRD BORDEN AND OTHERS 71. SIR ALEXANDER TILLOCH GALT 45. LORD DURHAM 72. SIR RICHARD JOHN CARTWRIGHT 46. LETTER FROM LORD DURHAM TO 73. INDIAN WARRIOR OF THE PLAINS POULETT THOMSON 74. LORD ASHBURTON 47. RO RT LDWIN 75. JAMES COOK 48. CHARLES POULETT THOMSON (LORD 76. SIR SANDFORD FLEMING SYDENHAM) 77. LORD STRATHCONA AND MOUNT 49. LETTER TO LORD NORTH FROM ROYAL SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND 78. SIR WILLIAM VAN HORNE 50. CHARLES BULLER 79. ELZEAR ALEXANDRE TASCHEREAU 51. ALEXANDER HENRY 80. JOSEPH OCTAVE PLESSIS 52. SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE 81. ALEXANDER MACDONELL 53. SAMUEL HEARNE 82. ALEXANDRE ANTONIN TACHE 54. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN 83. CHARLES INGLIS 55. LORD ELGIN 84. JACOB MOUNTAIN
56. SIR CHARLES BAGOT 85.*"^ FRANCIS FULFORD 57. MEMORANDUM FROM MR LA FON- 86. GEORGE HILLS TAINE TO SIR CHARLES BAGOT 87. FRANgOIS XAVIER GARNEAU 58. ADMIRAL SIR JOHN ROSS 88. WILLIAM KIRBY 59. THE ARCTIC COUNCIL DISCUSSING 89. JOSEPH HOWE A PLAN OF SEARCH FOR SIR 90. TOWN AND HARBOUR OF HALIFAX, JOHN FRANKLIN 1760 60. THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERA- 91. THOMAS CHANDLER HALIBURTON TION 92. SIR CHARLES TUPPER, BART. 61. SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD 93. THE HABITANT 62. LETTER FROM SIR JOHN A. MAC- 94. LETTER FROM A. N. MORIN TO DONALD TO LORD LISGAR E"LZEAR BEDARD 63. GEORGE BROWN 95. LETTER FROM E. B. O'CALLAGHAN 64. PROCLAMATION OF THE CONFED- TO F. X. GARNEAU ERATION OF CANADA 96. SIR ANTOINE AIME DORION 3
97. LE CANADIEN TORONTO (JOHN STRACHAN) TO
98. LA CANADIENNE SIR CHARLES " BAGOT 99. SIR LOUIS H. LA FONTAINE in. GEORGE MONRO GRANT 100. PRIME MINISTERS OF QUEBEC 112. LORD SELKIRK SINCE CONFEDERATION 113. SIR GEORGE SIMPSON 101. PETER MCGILL 114. GEORGE VANCOUVER 102. HABITANT PLOUGHING 115. CALLICUM AND MAQUILLA, CHIEFS 103.JAMES MCGILL I OFNOOTKA SOUND 104. SIR JOHN BEVERLEY ROBINSON 116. LAUNCHING THE 'NORTH-WEST
105. THE FIRST PARLIAMENT OF AMERICA'# AT NOOTKA SOUND, ONTARIO 1788 106. JOHN GALT 117. SIR JAMES DOUGLAS 107. PREMIERS OF ONTARIO 118. THE FIRST LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY 108. EGERTON RYERSON OF VANCOUVER ISLAND 109. JOHN STRACHAN 119. PREMIERS OF BRITISH COLUMBIA no. LETTER FROM THE BISHOP OF 120. SIR RICHARD MCBRIDE
FACSIMILE OF A LETTER CONCERNING A PLAN OF QUEBEC BY PAT. MACKELLAR, ENGINEER-IN- CHIEF AT THE SIEGE OF QUEBEC.
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE,i2th of luly 1757. Right Honble & Honble Gentlemen I take the Liberty to present your Honours with a Plan of Quebeck, and a short Discription, of what (as an Engineer) I thought most worthy of Attention,concerning the Place and the Navagation to it. The Plan is copied from a printed one of Belli ns Published in Charles Voix, which is the best I have seen, I have enlarged it considerably to a scale of English Measure, and have made such additions as I found wanting in the Places I had Access to see. The Discription is made from my own Observations and what Intelligence I could pick up during the Short Oppertunity I had. I woud not presume to trouble your Honrs with the Copy of a Printed Plan, unless I thought it more Complete and Expressh than the originail-& which with the Discription,I think givesa clearer representation of the whole, than any thing I have mett with, As such I present them to your Honours and hope they may be Usefull in case of any Attempts that way. I am with great Respect Right Hon hie & Honble Gentlemen
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FACSIMILE OF A DOCUMENT SIGNED BY FRONTENAC AND
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(Translation.) LOUIS DE BUADE, COUNT DE FRONTENAC, Governor and Lieutenant-general for the King, in Canada, Acadie, Island of Newfoundland and Other Countries of Northern France. We do hereby certify to all whom it may concern that we have granted complete discharge from service to Pierre Billevon, called Fatigue, soldier in the company of Sieur de Moyan, who has faithfully servedin this country in this quality during nearly ten years, and where he was married three years ago. He is hereby authorized to settle wherever he deems fit without interference from any one. In testimony thereof we have granted him the present discharge, bearing the Seal of our Arms and countersigned by one of our Secretaries.
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JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE From the bust in Exeter Cathedral
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Upper Canada " By IsaacBrock Esquire Major General Commanding ISAAC BROCK his Majesty'sForces in the Presid. Province of Upper Canada President; administering the Government, &c. &c.
Whereas on the seventeenth day of June last the Congress of the United States of America declared that war then existed between the States and their Territories and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Dependencies thereof: And whereas in pursuance of such Declaration the Subjects of the United States have actualy committed Hostilities against the Possessions of his Majesty and the Persons & Property of his Subjects in this Province. Now therefore by and with the advice of his Majesty's executive Council for the affairs of the Province, I do hereby strictly enjoin and requireall his Majesty'sliege Subjectsto be obedientto the lawful authorities, to forbear all Communication with the Enemy or persons residing within the Territory of the United States, and to manifest their Loyalty by a zealous Co-operationwith his Majesty's land Force in Defence of the Province & repulse of the Enemy. And I do further require and command all officers civil and military to be vigilant in the discharge of their Duty, especialy to prevent all Communication with the Enemy; and to cause all Persons suspected of traitorous Intercourse to be apprehended \: treated according to Law. I. B. -!
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LETTER FROM LOUIS JOSEPH PAPINEAU TO JOHN NEILSON
(Translation.) LONDON,27 June 1823, MY DEARSIR, The time has dragged more drearily than ever since your departure, but the end of the sessionwill secure my release. Mr Wilmot will put off presenting the petitions until the last moment. I am persuadedthat he would have preferred that either the Bill of Union had beencarried last year or that it had never been brought forward. But he fearsthe attack that will be made upon him by Mr Ellice,who, I think, will presentthe petitionsof UpperCanada in favourof Union. He spoke of the great English Congress in America, and then of small Congress for the two provinces. Mr Davidson objected that the congressesand the colonial legislatures might waver as to what belongs exclusively to each of those authorities-a condition which would retard the dispatch of business; and on Mr Wilmot's saying, 'But if this is regardedas essential, how are we to proceed in dealing with the project ?'- 'Well,'answeredMr D., and muchto the point,'first of all, by taking the censusof the population of the two provinces, and then by apportioning the sendingof their deputies to Congressaccording to their population.' He has notably promoted our views by his remarkson this question. I am very glad to see it. All I have ever known of the subject I learned from him. I am sending you a letter to Lord Liverpool on the state of the Colonies, for you to judge of the great lack of truth perceptible in the writing. I say this for your private ear : Mr Underwood thinks that although your Bishop is there attacked, the letter is perhaps written by himself or by some intimate friend, and in this case it is nothing but a cloak to cover a hypocritical priest (and there are many such) to disguise himself better. Parliamenthas quite recentlyvoted ^5000 for the first time to help to establish Ministers in the Colonies,-I do not know whether the benefit is intended to extend to dissenters,-also fifteen thousand to help emigra- tion to the Cape and to Canada. I am told that this emigration has been placed under the immediate direction of your travelling companion, Mr Robison. You have had, I hope with all my heart, the happiness of rejoining your family in good health. I sincerely wish soon to have the same privilege and to enjoy the delicious shade of Ottawa just as you are enjoying that of Val Cartier. They had discovered your return to Canada from your instruction to your friends to send back your letters, for only one came to me from Mr Belanger and one from Mr Bedard.-With kind regardsto both as well as our friends in Quebec, I am, Your affectionate servant and sincere friend, L. J. PAPINEAU John Neilson, Esq. T I
rr , x._ X l^ L£ ^^^? Wr f^~^ ^ ^ o J ) 1 - ^x S~* S^IN^ ' . 1 LETTER FROM LOUIS JOSEPH PAPINEAU TO JOHN NEILSON (Translation.) John Neilson, Esq. MY DEAR SIR, I send you a few words to beg you to take some care and trouble with a view to the public welfare, after as well as during the Session of Parliament. Some people (though few in number) are going about crying (but below their breath) that the Legislative Council could not conscientiously unite with us in passing the Appropriation Bill to meet the expenses of the Civil List, because-so it pleases them to say here-the Assembly had acted wrongly in voting the required amount to each individual by name, instead of voting such amount separately for each public official. Since these clamourers are either dishonest or are mistaken, it might be as well to remove any excuse they may have for their clamour. I believe that you would be performing a good deed in printing the entire Bill, as it was put before the Council. If for somereason or other you do not think it expedientto publish it, would you kindly begMr Lindsayto procureand sendme as soon as possible,a manuscriptcopy of i the Bill. I am with great respect, Your very affectionate and obedient Servant, L. J. PAPINEAU MONTREAL, 18 May 1819. f. \ - - T C.IWl - I II I > ' I . 1 - ! .o i^?> : «*,^ * r-i z 'S h J N > i &^ ^\1^ r- ^ "V ^ ft L *t 5^~v f ^ vx * n" ' ^s.?rX £-PN Mfc.' iS ? *i REWARD FOR THE ARREST OF LOUIS J. PAPINEAU F ft ft, «_*-O R- a.^ n ^ "- » c^- -: -; p -.-1 x -" ~ ^ "r -4*" 3 /- T ^ /. - "A * - = ^ 2 . = - At *.-""- /. PH** "/I ^^ 1,3 ^ §** . - : >'- *'' /. 1 * wm £- -. ^ i ta' "* i 02 P Jl ? - ^" -*" "J.f » y: rr. : - _ r ; "'m " *^ tsr >. a: 5. s s Hg-v a- a. V- ^ i - r -2 «i -^c *^= * " ^. ' y * - 3 ^ "--" - ^ <-* V ? r, v = T r- r ;- 7 . ? = ^ "" ^*J I I I v SIR JOHN COLBORNE (LORD SEATON) From an engraving in the Dominion A re/rives : WILLIAM LYON " MACKENZIE From the painting by J. W, L. Forster T Tt 1 SIR FRANCIS BOND HEAD From an engravingin the Chateaude Ramezay PROCLAMATION BY ROBERT NELSON, 1838 13. That as General and"public Educa'ion is necessary, and due by the Government to the people,an act to providefor the sameshall be passedas soon as the circumstances of the country will permit. 14. That 10 secure the elective franctisc, all elections shall be had BY BALLOT. 15. That with the leastpossible delay the peopleshall choose Delegates according to the presentdivision of the country, mtr>Counti<»s,Towns and Boroughs,who shall con* stilute a Convention,or Legislative BoJy, to establisha Constitution accordingto the . wantsvv ^ » " " "- " of"" thev" " ^-^ country, and in conform lyif with the dispositionm of this Declaration, ' sub- ject to bemodified according i* to the. t \vil.*I ofr the11. people._i . 16.). That every^ male person otof uicthe ageape moiof*21 21" years * anaand 4* upwards,u shall have the rightof voting as herein provided,and for the electionof the aforesaiddelegates. 17. That all Grown Lands, also suchas are called (jlergy Jteserves,and suchas are nominally in possessionof a certainCompany of Land holders in England called the "British North AmericanLand Company,'areof right the property of the slateof Lower Canada,except such portions of the ofcresaidLands as may be in possessionof persons who hold the samein good faith, and to whom titles shall be securedand granted byjvir- tueof a law whichshall beenacted to legalizethe possessionof, andafford a title for, such unlitled lots of land in the townshipsas are undercultivation or improvement. 18. That the French and English larguagcsshall be u&edin all public affairs. And for the fulfilment of this Decleration,and for the supportof the Patriotic causein which we are nowengaged, with a firm relianceon the proteclionof the Al- mighty,and the justice of our conduct,WE by these presentssolemvly pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, an BY ORDER OF THE PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT, N-"- "P- *- -H ROBERT NELSON, PRESIDENT. D N . WHEREAS thesolemn covenant made with thepeople of Lower and Upper Canada, and recorded in the Statue Boc»k of ihe United Kingdom of Great Britian andIreland, as the31st Chapterof theact passedin the 31st yearof ihe Reign of King GeorgeIII, hathbeen continuallyl violated by ihe British Government,andour rights usurped; and whereasour humWt petitions,addresses, protests and remon- strancesagainst thisinjurious and uqAf'Jistitutionalinterference fyave beeu^nad* in vain, that the British GovernmenthatnVlSposed of our revenuevrithout the constitu- tional conseutofthe Local Legislature, lullaged our Treasury, arrested great num- beis of our citizens,and committed therm to prisnn,distributed through the country a mercenaryarmy, \vhoge presence is tjccompaniedby consternationand alarm, whose track is red with the blood of otfh people, who have laid our villages in ashes profanedourTemples, and.spread terroj* and waste through theland : And whereas wecan no longer suffer the repeated violations ofour dearest rights, and patiently support the mnlijpliedoutrages and rrwies of theGovernment of Lower Canada, \VE,in thename of thePEOPLK OFJ LOWER CANADA, acknowledging rhe decreesofa divine providence which perjhirs us to putdown a Governmentwhich hath abusedthe objectand intention foi whichit wascreated, and to make choice of that form of Government whirh shall dee?itauH$hthe empire of Justice, asxu»edo- mestic trariquilily, provide for common defence, promote general good, and secure to us and our posterity the advantage of REWARD OFFERED FOR THE ARRF.ST OF WILLIAM LYON MACKENZIE AND OTHERS I BY His Excellency SIR FUANCI8 BOND HEAD, aroiict, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, R. STANTON, frmwt 10tUf,Ql ^> MostKxcdim.t Majc LORD DURHAM From the dr ///A"by J. St Private. LETTER FROM LORD DURHAM TO POULETT THOMSON COWES, Sept. i, 1839. MY DEARTHOMSON, I certainly can, and will give you, with pleasure,some useful (nay almost essential)information as to things and men in Canada, if you really wish to have it, ut if you, and your colleagues, have made up your minds to pursue the course which the l Ames damnees' of colonial jobbery, the Robinsons, Arthurs, John Neilsons, etc., suggestto you, it will be only giving yourself and me unnecessary trouble to allude to the subject at all. ^^^ Be that as it may-you have personally my best wishesfor your success-the attainment of which, believe me, depends on your relyingon yourselfand judgingfor yourself. With rareexceptions, and there are a few, all officials in both provinces are vitally inter- estedin deceivingyou and blindingyou. If you onceget within their slimy folds nothing can prevent your being swallowed, bones and all. I am coming to town, for some business, on Tuesday, and shall remain Wednesday-either on the evening of the former or the morning of the latter day I can see you if you wish it. I am, etc., DURHAM 1 1 } I .**&* IL ^^t-St-w* V I * A^-y difit+^<£t / f$f>. t ;""/" ' " I - : * , " r I . - ^ F -^- - ROBERT BALDWIN From a contemporaryphotograph CHARLES POULETT THOMSON (LORI) SYDENHA.M) Frnin apainting in the Chateaudc Km/: -y " Duplicate (No, 20.) LETTER TO LORD NORTH FROM , SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND QUEBEC, 5/// A ember 1783. Mv LORD, In answer to Your Lordship's letter inclosing the Act of Parliament to prevent granting in future any Patent Office to be exercised in the Colonies for any longer Term than during such time as the Grantee thereof shall discharge the duty in person and behave well therein, I have the Honor to report that I only know of one Patent Office granted otherwise in the Province, that of the Receiver General, the Grantee of which Sir Thomas Mills does not reside, and has a salary of ^500 (Five hundred Pounds) per annum, and whose Deputy claims upwards of ;£iooo per annum,which claim, as I cannot acquiescein it, has been referred to the consideration of the Lords of the Treasury. I have the Honor to be with the greatest Respect and Esteem, My Lord, Your Lordship's most obedient and most Humble Servant, FRED: HALDIMAND The Right Honorable Lord North. I 1 "s j> V V ,.' CHARLES BULLER From an engraving by R. Srrh'en ALEXANDER HENRY From ff crwlewfw en SIR ALEXANDER MACKENZIE From thepainting by Sir T. 1 *?<*V- -J^,v^ £ ^- SAMUEL HEARNE " From an engraving in the Dominion Archives 1 SIR JOHN FRANKLIN From thepainting by T, Phillip in theNational Portrait GaL iI IS^O liter LORD ELGIN From an engravingin theDominion Archives V. SIR CHARLES BAGOT From an engraving in the Dominion Archives ., ' -'i "lasgow MEMORANDUM FROM MR LA FOKTAINE TO SIR CHARLES BAGOT (Translation.} KINGSTON, 27^ Sept. 1842, MR LA FONTAINEhas the honour to inform His Excellency the - - Governor General that, complying with the authorization he received, he communicated with Mr Girouard, making known to him His Excellency's wish to offer him the office of a Land Commissioner, with a seatin the Executive Council. Mr La Fontaine has to express sincere regret that the failing and uncertain health of Mr Girouard will not allow him to accept this office. In addition to the official reply of Mr Girouard transmitted with this, Mr La Fontaine feels it to be a duty to send His Excellency also a private letter from this gentleman on this subject. Mr La Fontaine more than any one will feel the loss of the * active services of Mr Girouard ; but at the same time he feels it * his duty, in the interests of the sanv object that His Excellency has in view, respectfully to suggest the name of Mr Morin, whose integrity, talents and ability are so well known. Mr La Fontaine is still confined to his room by sickness, and in consequencebegs His Excellencyto accepthis apologiesfor not being able to wait upon him in person. r ' Qj 1 ADMIRAL SIR JOHN ROSS From thepainting by B. R. Faulkner in the ScottishNational Portrait Gallery Ml r ?TT£" T-* tf THE ARCTIC COUNCIL DISCUSSING A PLAN OF SEARCH FOR SIR JOHN FRANKLIN , From thepainting by StephenPcarce in the National Portrait Gallery The personsrepresented are? Sir George Back, F.R.S. \V. A. Baillie Hamilton. John Barrow, F.R.S. Sir William Edward Parry, F.R.S. Sir Francis Beaufort, K.C.B., F.R.S. Sir John Richardson, F.R.S. Frederick William Beechey. Sir James Clark Ross. Edward Joseph Bird Sir Edward Sabine, F.R.S. " H T ' r «r< " > "-- I - b-Jt.v; -I M Etienne Georges Paschal JohnA. Ktienne George Tache Macdonald Cartier Brown 1815-1891 1818-1880 1795-1865 Can. 1814-1873 Can. Can. Can. Col. Oliver J. C. j. Thomas Mowai <'hapais Cockburn I )'Arcy Hamilton John 1820-1903 19-1883 AI ee Gray Can. Can. Can. 1825-1868Can. 1811-1887 P.E.L. Alexander iamuel Wllam Alexander T. 1.eonard \V. PI. E. B. Campbell Gait Tilley Sleeves Cli:tndler 1822-1905 . 117-1893 1818-1: 1814-18; [800-18J- Can. Can. Can. N.B. N.B. Charles Charles Hector Ambrose J. McCully W. H. Pope Fisher Tup per Langevin 1809-1877 Shea 1825-1879 1808-1880 1821- 1826-1906 N.S. 1818-1905 P.E.I. N. N.S. Can, N'fd. George Edward Thomas 1 A. A. : il mer Adams G. Coles Whalen Havil.ind Macdonald Archibald 1809-1! 1810-1875 1824-1867 1822-1895 1829-1912 P.E.I. 1814-18-. P.E.L P.E.I. P.E.I. J .1. N.S. R. 13. F. B. T. W. A. Peter J. M. J. H. Dickie Carter Henry Mitchell fohnson Gray 1811-1903 1819-1900 1816-1888 1824-1899 t"8i8-i868 1814-1889 N.S. N'fd. N.S. N.B. N.B, N.B. THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION lrrom a collection of portraits in the Doutim'on Archives . " * ^Tf^JTc _- SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD From the painting by A. Dickson Patterson Pn LETTER FROM SIR JOHN A. MACDOVALD TO LORD LISGAR OTTAWA, April 2oM, 1872. MY DEAR LORD LI.SGAR, I have reported in favor of the trans- mission to the Colonial Secretary of the Joint Address of the two Houses of the Legislature of Manitoba to the Queen. I shall be very much obliged by your intimating to Lord Kimberley that there need be no hurry in sending the answer,; it is only requiredto be readyfor the Meetingof the Legislature of Manitoba next winter. The General Elections will be over long before that time and it will be of little consequencewhat the answer may be. In the present excitable state of the population at Fort Garry it is important that no answer should be sent. A refusal of an amnesty would excite the French Half-breeds to madness,and granting an amnesty would excite the British Settlers to the same extent. After the Elections are over, my own opinion is that an amnestyfor all offencesexcept murder would be advisable. This, however,is only my own opinion, and there is no necessityfor discussing it in Council just now. I have re-read the impudent Memorial of Richot and Scott. Most of their statements will require a specific denial and I shall see Cartier on the subject at once. They attempt to drag him and myself into the matter in a way that we must both resent. Their statement of what occurred between themselves and Your Excellency is also altogether false and must be repudiated. I shall send you a draft of the reply in a day or two. My dear Lord Lisgar, Faithfully yours, JOHN A. MACDONALD His Excellency The Governor (icncral, Rideau Hall. V v» ^ tv v\> ) ( H t\i , ? *.$ > > ^ 1 ^ c \ H [^ 1 A "> t 1A r GEORGE BROWN From a photographin Dispossessionof Mrs Freeland Barbour, Edinburgh PROCLAMATION OF THE CONFEDERATION OF CANADA ^^H^H^h^^^^^^^^^M^^^^^^^^-^^^^^^^^^^^^f-_^ _ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^_ _ __ , Manual thought fit to approve as the persons who shall he first summoned to the Senate of Canada. jv a* " for A* Provinceof Qittbte. r theProvince of jV^faff&tia. For titsProvince ofJV*fl Srwtmwt. John Hamilton. Elijah Leonard. David EdwardPrice, EdwardKenny. AmosEdwin Bottford^ RoderickMathegon. William MacMwter. Belknap Klzcar H, Given at our Court, at Windsor Cattle, tliis Twonty-sccomVday of May, iu the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-seven, and in the Thirtieth year of our reign. QTJEEN" * For Uniting the Provincesof Canada,Nova ~ Scotia, and New Brunswick, into one Dominion, under the name of CANADA. VICTORIA ft. HEREAS bv an Act of Parliament passedon the Twenty-ninth day of March, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Sixty-seven,in the Thirtieth year of Our reign, intituled, "An Act for the Union of Canada,Nova Scotia,and New Brunswick, and the Government thereof, and for purposes connected therewith," after divers recitals it is enacted that " it shall "be lawful for the Queen,hy and with the aihice of Her Majesty's " Most Honorable Privy Council, to declare, by Proclamation, that on and after a day therein appointed, not beim* more than six months after the passing of this Act, the Provinces of Canada, " Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, shall form and be One Domi- " nion under the name of Canada,and on and after that day those " Three Provinces shall form and be One Dominion under that "Name accordingly;" and, it is thereby further enacted, tha