Correspondence and drafts relating to the Canada Bill [Constitutional Act of 1791]

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{"value"=>"<p> Papers concern William Wyndham Grenville’s letter of 1789 October 20 to Dorchester, sending draft legislation for his review and comment, and Dorchester’s response of 1790 February 8, with amendments and suggestions. Smith’s assistance in the process is represented in drafts and copies of correspondence, legislative text, and notes and analyses of the draft Bill</p>"}

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  1. Letter from [William Wyndham] Grenville to Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton]
  2. Abstract of [William Wyndham] Grenville's letter and [e]nclosure 20th October 1789
  3. Abstract or analysis of the Bill
  4. Notes on the Bill
  5. Analysis of the clauses for the general Government
  6. An Act for the constitution, regulation, and government of the Province of Quebec and to repeal part of an Act
  7. Letter to Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton]
  8. Letter to Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton]
  9. Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville
  10. Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville, enclosure B
  11. Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville, enclosure D
  12. Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville, enclosure E
  13. Letter from Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] to [William Wyndham] Grenville, enclosure G
  14. Clause for a new boundary
  15. Boundaries given to Upper and Lower Canada by Lord Dorchester [Guy Carleton] in the Bill 2d clause
  16. Clause for the trial of foreign murder
  17. Clause added for interim government
  18. Fragment of letter to unidentified addressee [Guy Carleton, Lord Dorchester]