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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Day of Sir John Macdonald, by Joseph Pope This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Day of Sir John Macdonald A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion Author: Joseph Pope Release Date: November 1, 2009 [EBook #30384] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DAY OF SIR JOHN MACDONALD *** Produced by Al Haines [Frontispiece: Sir John Macdonald crossing the Rockies over the newly constructed Canadian Pacific Railway, 1886. From a colour drawing by C. W. Jefferys] THE DAY OF SIR JOHN MACDONALD A Chronicle of the First Prime Minister of the Dominion BY SIR JOSEPH POPE K.C.M.G. TORONTO GLASGOW, BROOK & COMPANY 1915 Copyright in all Countries subscribing to the Berne Convention {vii} PREFATORY NOTE Within a short time will be celebrated the centenary of the birth of the great statesman who, half a century ago, laid the foundations and, for almost twenty years, guided the destinies of the Dominion of Canada. Nearly a like period has elapsed since the author's _Memoirs of Sir John Macdonald_ was published. That work, appearing as it did little more than three years after his death, was necessarily subject to many limitations and restrictions. As a connected story it did not profess to come down later than the year 1873, nor has the time yet arrived for its continuation and completion on the same lines. That task is probably reserved for other and freer hands than mine. At the same time, it seems desirable that, as Sir John Macdonald's centenary approaches, there should be available, in convenient form, a short resume of the salient features of his {viii} career, which, without going deeply and at length into all the public questions of his time, should present a familiar account of the man and his work as a whole, as well as, in a lesser degree, of those with whom he was intimately associated. It is with such object that this little book has been written. JOSEPH POPE. OTTAWA, 1914. {ix} CONTENTS Page
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