



Produced by Al Haines









[Frontispiece: The Fathers of Confederation.  After a painting by
Robert Harris.]





THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION

A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion


by

A. H. U. COLQUHOUN





TORONTO

GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY

1916




  _Copyright in all Countries subscribing to
  the Berne Convention_




  TO

  COLONEL GEORGE T. DENISON

  WHOSE LIFE-WORK IS PROOF THAT
  LOYALTY TO THE EMPIRE IS
  FIDELITY TO CANADA




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CONTENTS

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    I. THE DAWN OF THE MOVEMENT .................   1
   II. OBSTACLES TO UNION ....................  11
  III. THE EVE OF CONFEDERATION .................  21
   IV. THE HOUR AND THE MEN ...................  30
    V. THE CHARLOTTETOWN CONFERENCE ...............  44
   VI. THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE...................  56
  VII. THE RESULTS OF THE CONFERENCE...............  65
 VIII. THE DEBATES OF 1865..................