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Reply to a Pamphlet Published by Wm. Hy. Scovil, Esquire

Samuel Leonard Tilley · 1859

Tilley's own 1859 printed reply defending himself against a pamphlet by Wm. Hy. Scovil over a railway iron importation dispute.

This is Tilley's own signed reply defending his conduct as provincial secretary in a railway finance dispute.

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S.L. Tilley, Reply to a Pamphlet Published by Wm. Hy. Scovil, Esquire, 1859. Scanned microform, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a printed pamphlet from 1859, written and signed by S. L. Tilley while he served as New Brunswick's provincial secretary. It responds to an earlier pamphlet published by Wm. Hy. Scovil, a former chairman of the Railway Board, concerning correspondence about an alleged financial loss suffered by the province over a shipment of iron imported in 1857 for the European and North American Railway Company. It survives as a scanned microform held by the Internet Archive.

Why it matters

This pamphlet shows Tilley directly defending his record in a public dispute over railway finances, a reminder that his political career involved not just major constitutional questions but also day-to-day administrative controversies. It offers a primary-source glimpse of political conflict and public accountability in colonial New Brunswick.

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  • Why might Tilley feel it necessary to respond publicly in print to Scovil's pamphlet?
  • What does this dispute reveal about how railway projects were financed and managed in colonial New Brunswick?
  • How might reading only Tilley's side of this exchange affect your understanding of what actually happened?

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