"Legislative Assembly,
"Montreal, 28th March, 1846.
"My dear Sir Francis,
"I have no hesitation in putting on paper the conversation which took place between Lord Durham and myself, on the subject of the Union. He asked me if I was in favour of the Union; I said, 'No;' he replied, 'If you are a friend to your country, oppose it to the death.'
"I am, &c.,
"(Signed) Allan N. MacNab.
"2. From W. E. Jervis, Esq.
"Toronto, March 12th, 1846.
"Dear Sir Allan,
"In answer to the inquiry contained in your letter of the 2nd inst., I beg leave to state, that, in the year 1838, I was in Quebec, and had a long conversation with the Earl of Durham upon the subject of an Union of the Provinces of Upper and Lower Canada—a measure which I had understood his Lordship intended to propose.