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Wilmot and Tilley

James Hannay · 1907

An early twentieth-century book pairing the stories of Lemuel Allan Wilmot and Samuel Leonard Tilley in the fight for responsible government in New Brunswick.

This 1907 book tells the story of New Brunswick's self-government movement partly through Tilley's career.

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Plain dark brown book cover with a lighter brown spine on the left side and a thin gold line along the spine edge. No title or text is visible.
James Hannay, Wilmot and Tilley, 1907. Internet Archive.

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What it is

This book, written by James Hannay and published in 1907 as part of the Makers of Canada series, tells the story of political reform in New Brunswick through the lives of two men: Lemuel Allan Wilmot and Samuel Leonard Tilley. The cover is plain dark brown with a gold-lined spine and no visible title.

Why it matters

The book places Tilley within a longer struggle for responsible government that began before his own time, led earlier by Wilmot. It shows how later writers linked Tilley's work toward Confederation to this earlier generation's fight for self-government in the colonies.

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  • Why might an author choose to tell two men's stories together in one book?
  • What does pairing Wilmot and Tilley suggest about how the author saw New Brunswick's political history developing?
  • This book was written decades after the events — how might that distance affect what the author chooses to include or leave out?

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