Joseph Bouchette Jr, Autograph Document Signed (ADS)
Date Published: ND
Binding: No binding
No date. Small 3-1/4 x 8 inch document, torn at the bottom, under the signature. About a land claim in Grand Paspebiac, in Gaspesie.
Joseph (Francis) Bouchette Jr. (1800-1881), son of the Surveyor-General of Lower Canada sought funds to support his “Canadian Atlas”, an enlarged edition and more detailed version of his 1831 work. He was unsuccessful.
A surveyor in his own right from 1820, J. F. Bouchette was Deputy Surveyor-General by 1840 and – following the abolition of the Surveyor-General Office – was appointed Senior Surveyor with the Crowns Lands Department in 1851.
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