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Letter from Sir John A. Macdonald to to William Macauley Herchmer [textual record]

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Date:

1891.

Reference:

R7681-0-8-E, MG29-E57, Volume number: 1

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

101406

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Letter from Sir John A. Macdonald to to William Macauley Herchmer
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Date(s):

1891.

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.1 cm of textual records (2 p.) photocopies.

Language of material:

English

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Item is a letter from Sir John A. Macdonald thanking Herchmer for his congratulations on Macdonald's re-election, dated 13 March 1891.

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Herchmer, W. M. (William Macauley)

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Correspondent: Macdonald, John A. (John Alexander), 1815-1891

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Herchmer, W. M. (William Macauley) : William Macauley ("Colonel Bill") Herchmer was born on 13 December 1844 at Shiptown-on-Sherwell, England, of parents who later settled near Kingston. He entered the volunteer militia in 1866, and was in command of a company in the Ontario Battalion in Wolseley's expeditionary force in 1870. Herchmer returned to Ontario to practise law for a time, but in 1874 resumed service with a provisional battalion at Winnipeg, and as Captain, was a signatory to Indian Treaty No. 4 at Fort Qu'Appelle on 15 September of that year. He became Lieutenant-Colonel of the 14th Battalion.

Herchmer was appointed sub-inspector of the North West Mounted Police at Fort Macleod on 16 August 1876 and was later superintendent at Swan River, Shoal Lake, Battleford, Regina, and Calgary. In 1886 he was inspecting superintendent, and on 1 July 1887 was promoted to the rank of assistant commissioner. He died on 1 January 1892 in the course of an investigation into charges preferred against him and his brother, Lawrence William Merchmer, the commissioner.The charges against him were withdrawn and Commissioner Herchmer was subsequently exonerated.

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Location of originals note:

Originals with the Douglas Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ont.

Dates of creation note:

Photocopied in 1967 from the original.

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Private

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MG29-E57
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Volume [MG29 E 57] 1

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