Home | Articles | Documents | Events | Sources 21 October 1845 Letter from W. Reade (on behalf of the Lieutenant Government of New Brunswick) to to J.B. Uniacke regarding the Halifax to Quebec railway project. Fredericton, N.B. to J.B. Uniacke, Esq., Sir, I am directed to acknowledge your communication of the 6th inst., addressed to the Lieut. Government of this Province, in reference to the measures taken at a public meeting held in Halifax, to promote the formation of a Line of Railway to connect the St. Lawrence with the Atlantic; and I am to state that His Excellency entirely concurs with the Committee which was appointed at that Meeting, as to the necessary co-operation of the Provinces with the supporters of the undertaking, the importance of which to these Provinces, and in their relations to the United Kingdom, cannot be too highly appreciated. The Lieutenant Governor has this day received from the Secretary in London, a Report of the proceedings of the Company, and as a Provincial Committee is about to be formed, he anticipates the most cordial support to the undertaking, which will be brought under the consideration of the Legislature, as soon as may be practicable. I have the honor to be, Sir, SOURCE: Nova Scotia Provisional Committee, 1845:28-29
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