CONFEDERATION;

OR,

THE POLITICAL AND PARLIAMENTARY

HISTORY OF CANADA,

FROM

THE CONFERENCE AT QUEBEC, IN OCTOBER, 1864,

TO THE

ADMISSION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, IN JULY, 1871.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

BY THE

HON. JOHN HAMILTON GRAY, D.C.L., M.P.

Umpire between Great Britain and the United States under the Treaty of Washington,
1857-1858.

H. M.'s Commissioner on the Tenant Question in Prince Edward's Island, 1860-1861.
Dominion Arbitrator between the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec, under the British
North American Act, 1867.

Formerly Attorney-General, and Speaker of the House of Assembly in New Brunswick.
One of the Delegates to the Charlotte Town and Quebec Conventions, in 1864.
And Member for the City and County of Saint John, New Brunswick, from 1850 to 1372.

FIRST VOLUME.

TORONTO:

COPP, CLARK & CO., PRINTERS, KING STREET EAST.