The Fathers of Confederation: A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion

by A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart) Colquhoun

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The Fathers of Confederation. After a painting by Robert Harris.

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THE FATHERS OF CONFEDERATION - A Chronicle of the Birth of the Dominion

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by - A. H. U. COLQUHOUN

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TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1916

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TO COLONEL GEORGE T. DENISON WHOSE LIFE-WORK IS PROOF THAT LOYALTY TO THE EMPIRE IS FIDELITY TO CANADA

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ILLUSTRATIONS

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CHAPTER I - THE DAWN OF THE MOVEMENT

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CHAPTER II - OBSTACLES TO UNION

12:12

CHAPTER III - THE EVE OF CONFEDERATION

9:54

CHAPTER IV - THE HOUR AND THE MEN

16:36

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Al Haines

Release date

2009-09-13

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29972

Subjects

Canada -- History -- 1841-1867 F1001

About the author

A. H. U. (Arthur Hugh Urquhart) Colquhoun

1861–1936

A Canadian journalist, editor, and civil servant, he wrote lively historical works that helped popularize the story of Confederation for general readers. His career moved between newspapers, public service, and books, giving his writing both a reporter’s eye and a nation-building sense of history.

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