Samuel Jarvis (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Samuel Peters Jarvis (November 15, 1792 - September 6, 1857) was the Chief Superintendent of Indian Affairs for Upper Canada from 1837 until 1845, and a member of the Family Compact. Jarvis was born in 1792 to William Jarvis and Hannah Owens Peters in Newark, Upper Canada. He moved with his family to York, Upper Canada in 1798. For a time he attended the school of John Strachan in Cornwall, Ontario.