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Thomas Chase Casgrain [textual record]

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Date:

[ca. 1886].

Reference:

R3878-0-9-E, MG27-IID21, Volume number: 1

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Item ID number:

103137

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Thomas Chase Casgrain
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Date(s):

[ca. 1886].

Place of creation:

Canada

Extent:

0.1 cm of textual records (1 p.).

Language of material:

English

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Item is a petition from a Young Men's Liberal-Conservative Club asking Casgrain to address them on the subject of the Riel Case, in which he served as Counsel for the Crown.

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Casgrain, T. C. (Thomas Chase), 1852-1916

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Casgrain, T. C. (Thomas Chase), 1852-1916 : Thomas Chase Casgrain, born in 1852 at Detroit, Mich., received his education from Séminaire de Québec and Laval University, LL.M. He was called to the Quebec Bar in 1877 and practised law at Quebec City, 1877-1897, and then at Montreal. He was Professor of Law at Laval University, 1882, Crown Prosecutor, District of Quebec, 1882, and Attorney General of Quebec. He was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Quebec from 1886 to 1890 and from 1892 to 1896. He was a Member of the House of Commons from 1896 to 1904 and from 1914 until his death in 1916. He became a Member of the Privy Council in 1914 and served as Postmaster General from 1914 to 1916. See also: The Canadian Directory of Parliament, 1867-1967, 1968.

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Transferred in 1969 from the National Archives Library.
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Canada - Officials and employees, [ca.1886] Young Men's Liberal Conservative Club, [ca.1886]

Lawyers - Canada, [ca.1886] Louis Riel, [ca.1886]

Lawyers - Quebec (Province), [ca.1886]

Petitions, Right of - Canada, [ca.1886]

Law - Canada - Cases, [ca.1886]

Riel Rebellion, 1885

Rébellion de Riel, 1885
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MG27-IID21
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Volume [MG27 II D 21] 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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