(Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1939-8)

George Brown

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• Speech on Formation of the Great Coalition, June 14, 1864 - George Brown
• Speech to Reform Convention, June 27, 1867 - George Brown
• George Brown Moves for Constitutional Committee, March 14, 1864

(Notman/Library and Archives Canada/PA-74102)

George-Étienne Cartier

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• No Question of Majority or Minority, But of Fairness – Let Us Do What is Right, November 23, 1869 – Speech by George-Étienne Cartier
• Speech on the Acquisition of the Northwest Territories, April 15, 1869 – George-Étienne Cartier
• Confederation is a Tree of Many Branches, May 25, 1867 – Speech by George-Étienne Cartier

Alexander Tilloch Galt

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• Alexander Galt, Speech in the Confederation Debates – February 7, 1865
• Federation Dispatch II: Cartier, Ross and Galt to Lytton (Confidential), October 25, 1858
• The Federation Dispatch I: Cartier, Ross and Galt to Rt. Hon Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, October 23, 1858

(Alamy photos)

Thomas D'Arcy McGee

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• The Irish in Canada: The Importation of Fenianism - An address by Thomas D’Arcy McGee delivered before the St. Patrick’s Society, January 11th, 1865
• The Cause of the Quebec Conference - Speech by Thomas D’Arcy McGee at the Déjeûner given to the members of the Quebec Conference, October 29th, 1864
• Celebrating the Poet of Confederation: Bob Rae for Inside Policy

John A. Macdonald

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• London Resolutions, December 4, 1866
• Speech by John A. Macdonald – Toast to Colonial Union, Halifax, September 12, 1864
• The Quebec Resolutions, October 29, 1864 (The 72 Resolutions)

(William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-7)

Samuel Leonard Tilley

Speeches, Founding Documents:

(William James Topley/Library and Archives Canada/PA-026317)

Charles Tupper

Speeches, Founding Documents:

• “Union of the Colonies” – Speech by the Honourable Provincial Secretary Charles Tupper, April 10, 1865
• “Confederation Retrospective” – Speech by Sir Charles Tupper to Banquet held in his Honour, Halifax, 1883
• “The Political Condition of British North America” - Speech by Charles Tupper, Mechanics’ Institute, St. John, 1860