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Title

Private letter from Lord Elgin to Lord Grey (copy)

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Item (linked) part of

Private Letters exchanged with the Colonial Secretary [textual record] (R977-35-8-E)

Date(s)

3 September 1849

Place

Montreal

Place of creation

Québec (Province)

Extent

pages 153-164
Inventory no.: 4322

Language of material

English

Scope and content

Arguments in favour of removal of the seat of Government from Montreal. Union of the Provinces. Reciprocal trade with the United States. Change in the composition of the Legislative councils. Lord Elgin's Peerage.

Conditions of access

Textual records

90: Open

Volume
33 File number 3

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R977-977-5-E

Finding aid no.

MSS0129

Additional information

Text reproduced in Arthur G. Doughty, The Elgin-Grey Papers (Ottawa, 1937), vol. 2, p. 463. Selective transcription by T. Walrond in R977, vol. 36, pp. 438-446.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

4014443