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Mercy Anne Coles
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14 pp of textual records
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Mercy Anne Coles (1838-1921 or 22) was born on Prince Edward Island, the daughter of George Coles (1810-1875), one of the Fathers of Confederation and a former premier of the province, and Mercy Haine (1817-1892). With her parents, she attended the Quebec City Conference in 1864, at which plans for the eventual union of the British North American colonies in Confederation were discussed.
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The fonds consists of a typescript copy of the diary kept by Mercy Anne Coles during the trip to the Quebec City Conference in 1864 with her parents. It describes the many activities scheduled for relatives of the delegates such as daily sightseeing tours around Quebec City and the dinners and balls held in the evenings. There are many prominent politicians named in her diary: D'Arcy McGee, William McDougall, Alexander Campbell, Alexander Galt, George Etienne Cartier (Mercy referred to him as Mr. Carter), John A. MacDonald, Leonard Tilley and Louis Riel. She refers to some of them by first name. The daily entries describe travelling from Charlottetown by boat to Shediac, N.B., then by train through the United States to Quebec City and leaving Quebec City by boat to Niagara Falls en route to Buffalo, New York then travelling to Ohio.
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Another copy of this diary can be found in the University of New Brunswick, MG H78