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History without the stiffness and polish time creates.
Canada's journey to Confederation kicked off with a bang — or rather, a circus, a civil war (the American one), a small fortune's worth of champagne, and a lot of making love — in the old-fashioned sense. Miss Confederation offers a rare look back, through a woman's eyes, at the men and events at the centre of this pivotal time in Canada's history.
Mercy Anne Coles, the daughter of PEI delegate George Coles, kept a diary of the social happenings and political manoeuvrings as they affected her and her desires. A unique historical document, her diary is now being published for the first time, offering a window into the events that led to Canada's creation, from a point of view that has long been neglected.
Contents
Foreword by Christopher Moore
Preface
One
Miss Confederation, Mercy Anne Coles
Two
Charlottetown: The Circus, Champagne, and Union
Three
The Journey Begins: The Lure of Travel, the New — and Leonard Tilley
Four
From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: the "Failed," the Grand Success, or the Drunken Fiasco of the Government Ball
Five
Diphtheria
Six
The Temptation of John A. Macdonald
Seven
What She Said -— A Woman's Point of View
Eight
Montreal Sightseeing and the "Eighth Wonder of the World"
Nine
Ottawa the Unseemly
Ten
Sightseeing in Toronto, 1864 Style
Eleven
Niagara Falls
Twelve
Family and Travel
Thirteen
Going Home
Fourteen
Confederation Suitors
Fifteen
Daughters and Fathers
Conclusion
Acknowledgements
Appendix
"Reminiscences of Confederation Days:
Extracts from a Diary Kept by Miss Mercy
A. Coles When She Accompanied Her
Father, the Late Hon. George Coles, to
the Confederation Conferences at Quebec,
Montreal and Ottawa in 1864."
Notes on Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Image Credits
Index
