Descripción: Canada's Digital Collections. Government of Canada.
«The Charlottetown Conference on Atlantic Union began on September 1st, 1864. Although the Conference was intended to discuss Maritime interests, it soon became a question of a larger federal union. Delegates from Upper and Lower Canada requested an invitation to speak about the possibilities of a union of the British North American Colonies. They had soon won the attention of the entire conference and had proposed the Federal Union of Canada and the Atlantic Provinces.»