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EARLY LIFE Horace Capron was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts , the son of Seth Capron and his wife Eunice Mann Capron. MILITARY SERVICE JAPAN Capron was asked by Kiyotaka Kuroda who was a vice-chairman of the Hokkaidō Development Commission occasional visiting the U.S. to be a special adviser to the commission in Hokkaidō, Japan. Then he went there to work as an adviser to the Hokkaidō Development Commission (kaitakushi) during 1870-71 as ( O-yatoi Gaikokujin ). He contributed to build Sapporo city like an American style Grid Plan by streets at right-angles to form city blocks. In 1884, nine years after he departed Japan, Horace Capron was awarded the Second Order Of The Rising Sun by Emperor Meiji for his services in transforming Hokkaidō. FINAL PERIOD After his time in Japan, Capron continued his contacts with the country, including acting as a purchasing agent for livestock and goods, and selling his house on N Street in Washington, DC to be the site of Japan's first Embassy. He was also engaged in writing his memoirs during this period. Capron attended the dedication of the Washington Monument on February 21 , 1885 . The extreme cold of the day, recorded at 12° Fahrenheit (−11° Celsius ), was too much for the 80-year-old Horace Capron; he suffered a stroke, and died the following day. REFERENCES |
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