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Return to an address of the House of Commons, dated 11th May, 1868; for copies of all orders in council and correspondence regarding the Intercolonial Railway and the Imperial Guarantee act, since the 1st day of July, 1867; also, copies of all correspondence held with the imperial government, any of the local governments, and with officials or other individuals regarding the location and construction of the sail railway; and copies of all documents having reference to the same

Railway Government Publication item 37.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an order of the House of Commons, dated 13rd May, 1869; for a statement shewing the names of the engineers, assistant engineers, and others employed on the Intercolonial Railway, the date of their appointments, the section on which they are employed, their salaries, and the province they resided in at the period of their appointment

Railway Government Publication item 41.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an order of the House of Commons, dated 3rd May, 1869; for copies of tenders received for construction of the Intercolonial Railway, with schedules of prices attached; the names of sureties, and copies of contracts, and all correspondence between the Government and the Railway Commissioners, concerning such contracts

Railway Government Publication item 39.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an address of the House of Commons, of the 19th ultimo, calling for copies of all correspondence relative to the surveys of the several proposed routes for the Intercolonial Railway, with copies of all documents relating to the same; also copies of all Orders in Council relative to the same since the last Return.

Railway Government Publication item 40.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an address from the House of Commons, dated 28rd February, 1870, calling for a "statement shewing the names of the contractors on the Intercolonial Railway who have thrown up their contracts, together with the names of their sureties, the length of the road, the nature and description of the work to be done, and the price agreed to be paid on each contract so thrown up, the work done by each of them respectively and the amount paid to each: the contracts resumed by the commissioners, and the amount paid to them by the sureties in order that they might be released from their warranty, and by what sureties paid: shewing, also, whether any of the work so resumed by the commissioners has been again given out by contract, and if so when, to whom, and at what price: also, shewing who are the sureties, where they reside, and the nature of their occupation."

Railway Government Publication item 48.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Return to an order of the House of Commons, dated 20th February, 1879; -- for the reports of engineers and others, made since the 1st October last, respecting the route or construction of any part of the Pacific Railway; the removal of rails from Vancouver Island to Yale; copies of any instructions issued by the government relating to the same petitions or letters addressed to the government and all correspondence relating thereto

Railway Government Publication item 70.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Diary of a journey to British Columbia

Pocket diary kept by Hector Langevin during a trip by rail and steamship via the United States to visit British Columbia. In 1871 as Minister of Public Works of Canada, Langevin was sent by the Federal Cabinet to visit British Columbia with the mission to acquire knowledge of the new province in relation to the Canadian Pacific Railway and possible location of its western terminus, and also to study the requirements of British Columbia for public works. Langevin's journey took him from central Canada to Chicago, then by the American Pacific Railway to San Francisco, where he embarked on the steamer Prince Alfred traveling to Victoria on Vancouver Island, and then to the mainland.

Langevin, Hector-Louis, Sir

Return to an address of the House of Commons, dated 17th April, 1872; - for a return of all correspondence between the government and the Windsor and Annapolis Railway Company, including any memorials or protests addressed to the government by the company, and of any agreements made between the government and the company relative to the use by the company of the government railway between Windsor and Halifax, or their enjoyment of running power over the said road

Railway Government Publication item 52.

Canada. Legislature. Legislative Assembly

Chinaman - San Francisco

Printed on verso of card: "Oriental Costumes / Published by Thomas Houseworth & Co. / 317 and 319 Montgomery Street, / San Francisco. / Send Number for Duplicates." Inscribed in ink on verso: "Miss Fannie D. Abbot / mont Airy / with her cousin / Emily's

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[Reproduction of the Montreal Herald and Daily Commercial Gazette]

From Friday July 18, 1873. Includes a lengthy letter from "Geo. W. McMullen" about the 'Pacific Scandal' concerning loans and the negotiations about the railway. Believed to be from "Building the CPR: Jackdaw No. C4" by Doug Stuebing, published in 1968, which is a compilation of reproduced material, among other things.

Montreal Herald and Daily Commercial Gazette

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