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The Reciprocity Treaty: A Speech by Joseph Howe

Joseph Howe · 14 July 1865

Joseph Howe's own 1865 speech on commercial reciprocity with the United States, delivered at an international convention in Detroit.

This is Howe's own speech, personally revised by him, showing his views on trade with the United States.

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Joseph Howe, The Reciprocity Treaty: A Speech, 1865. Digitized microform, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a printed pamphlet of a speech delivered by Joseph Howe on 14 July 1865 at an international commercial convention in Detroit, discussing reciprocity (trade) between British North America and the United States. Howe personally revised it for publication.

Why it matters

This speech shows Howe acting as a statesman concerned with trade relations beyond Nova Scotia's borders. Because Howe himself approved the text for publication, it is a direct record of his own words and arguments on an important economic issue of his time.

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