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Picture Credits
Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Kingston
Portrait of a young John A. Macdonald by W. Sawyer (Front Matter 1)
Margaret Greene (originally thought to be Isabella Macdonald) (Chapter 6)
Archives of Ontario
Advertisement in Kingston Chronicle, July 3, 1821, microfilm N17-R1 (Chapter 2)
Robert Baldwin S2071 (Chapter 7)
Alexander Campbell S93 (Chapter 8)
City of Toronto Archives
Isabella Macdonald’s bedroom PA121569 (Chapter 6)
Toronto, 1856 (Chapter 9)
City of Westminster Archives Centre
Marriage certificate for Agnes Bernard and John A. Macdonald (Chapter 23)
Library and Archives Canada
Helen Macdonald 68632297 (Chapter 1)
Oliver Mowatt C008361 (Chapter 4)
Isabella Macdonald C004815 (Chapter 5)
The young John A. Macdonald C003813 (Chapter 5)
Princess Street, Kingston PA062177 (Chapter 5)
Isabella Macdonald miniature PA121569 (Chapter 6)
Lord Durham, Edward Hall collection, C00618 (Chapter 7)
Louis-Hippolyte LaFontaine C005961 (Chapter 7)
Lord Elgin and family C006728 (Chapter 7)
Helen Macdonald in old age e007140959 (Chapter 8)
John Rose PA025959 (Chapter 8)
Ogle R. Gowan C023504 (Chapter 8)
Hugh John Macdonald as a baby C004814 (Chapter 8)
Margaret Macdonald e007140957 (C022818) (Chapter 9)
James Williamson e007140958 (Chapter 9)
Louisa Macdonald e007140956 (C022817) (Chapter 9)
John A. Macdonald C002831 (Chapter 10)
The Reverend Peter Jones PA215156 (Chapter 10)
Sir Allan
McNab C005317 (Chapter 11)
George-Étienne Cartier C006166 (Chapter 11)
Huge John as a young boy C033956 (Chapter 12)
Grand Trunk Railway PA149747 (Chapter 13)
D’Arcy McGee CC21541 (Chapter 14)
Alexander Galt PA013008 (Chapter 14)
The Prince of Wales PA051553 (Chapter 14)
Delegates arriving at Charlottetown by Rex Woods PA164727 (Chapter 17)
Charlottetown Conference room C021421 (Chapter 17)
Prelude to Confederation by Jarvis Studios, Ottawa C002780
Étienne-Paschal Taché PA074100 (Chapter 18)
John A. Macdonald 014918 (Chapter 19)
Charles Tupper PA026318 (Chapter 20)
Samuel Leonard Tilley PA026347 (Chapter 20)
Joseph Howe PA025486 (Chapter 20)
Queen Victoria CC001590 (Chapter 21)
Westminster Palace Hotel C010377 (Chapter 22)
The London Conference
by John David Kelly, 1935, reproduced with permission of Rogers Communications Inc. C006799 (Chapter 22)
Agnes Bernard Macdonald PA118099 (Chapter 23)
Map of the Confederate Provinces by Chewett (Chapter 23)
Parliament Buildings, military review, May 24, 1867 PA022399 (Chapter 24)
John A. Macdonald, 1868 PA025336 (Chapter 24)
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
Fort Sumter DRWG/US Key, no. 3 (B) [P&P] (Chapter 14)
William Seward LC-B813-1431 A[P&P] (Chapter 15)
McCord Museum
Place d’Armes, Montreal M993X.5. 107 (Chapter 7)
Parliament Buildings under construction I-16295.0 (Chapter 13)
St. Louis Hotel I-21099. 1 (Chapter 13)
Wilfrid Laurier MP-0000.1093.8 (Chapter 16)
Lord Monck I-4437.1 (Chapter 21)
McGill University Library, Rare Books and Special Collections
Eliza Grimason (Chapter 13)
Queen’s University Archives
Orange Order arch, Kingston V23-Str-Princess-37 (Chapter 14)
Kingston, reading proclamation V23-His-Con-2 (Chapter 24)
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