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 -- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY -- CHART OF IMPERIAL STATESMEN AND COLONIAL GOVERNORS, 1858-1868 -- NOTE ON THE EDITOR -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.