Miss Confederation

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Anne McDonald. Miss Confederation

Cover

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

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Ten

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Thirteen

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Fifteen

Conclusion

Acknowledgements

Appendix

Note on Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Image Credits

Table of Contents

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For my mother, Audrey McDonald, from whom I’ve inherited my curiosity and interest in the “real” story, and my aunt, Frances McDonald Griffith (1922–2011), who shared with me her essays and research on the history of Prince Edward Island, from out-migration to Francis Bolger’s seminal work.

One — Miss Confederation: Mercy Anne Coles

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Mercy Coles, October 29, 1864.

And that’s what she was doing — amid the grand and heady spectacle of the balls, banquets, and events that went along with the Confederation Conference of October 1864, in Quebec City. It was the perfect place for such a quest, because that city was the headiest of places in Canada then, with its corps of officers, garrison of British soldiers in red uniforms, and regimental bands. It was the hub of cultural and diplomatic life, and the most debonair of any of Canada’s cities. Quebec City was, and is, strikingly beautiful, sitting atop a cliff, overlooking the St. Charles and St. Lawrence Rivers. The streets of the old city are cobblestoned, and wind crookedly past buildings and houses that look more European than North American.

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