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Title
Fonds consists of
Arrangement structure
Date(s)
1862-1900
Place of creation
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Extent
Language of material
English
Scope and content
Fonds consists of five certificates of commission, 1862, 1866, 1900, appointing Chapleau to military and civil offices.
Conditions of access
from 1 to 5
6
Terms of use
The original documents in volumes 1 to 5 are unavailable for general research. Please consult photostatic copies of them in volume 6.
Finding aid
No finding aid
Creator / Provenance
Biography / Administrative history
Samuel Edmour St. Onge Chapleau was born in Syracuse, New York and was educated in Terrebonne. He returned to the United States and at the outbreak of the Civil War, enlisted in the Union Army. He was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1862, a Captain in 1866, and ended the war as a Major.
In 1871, he returned to Canada and in 1873 entered the civil service. He became Secretary of the Department of Public Works and was Sheriff of the Northwest Territories at the time of Louis Riel's hanging. In 1900, he was appointed Clerk of the Senate, Clerk of Parliaments, and Master in the Chancery. He retired in 1917 and in 1921 was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
See: Canadian Who's Who, 1910 p. 42.
Additional information
Subject heading
1. United States. Army - Appointments and retirements, 1862-1866
2. Canada. Parliament. Senate, 1900.
3. Canada - Officials and employees, 1900
4. Abraham Lincoln, 1862.
5. Certificates (of office) - Canada
6. Andrew Johnson, 1862.
7. Canada. Parliament - Officials and employees, 1900
8. Lord Minto, 1900.
9. Canada - Officials and employees - Selection and appointment, 1900.
10. Clerk of the Senate of Canada - Selection and appointment, 1900.
11. Chancery of Canada, Master in the - Selection and appointment, 1900.
12. Oath of Alligiance, Administrator of the - Selection and appointment, 1900.
13. United States. Army - Officers, 1862, 1866.
Source
Private
Other system control no.
MIKAN no.
102252
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