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My autographic relic of Surveyor-G-eneral Boucliette is a letter 

 written at Montreal in February, 1800, addressed to a cousin of his, 

 Ensign Cheniquy, 2nd Battalion Royal Canadian Volunteers, at 

 Quebec. This letter happens to name Major Holland. It refers to 

 an enclosure, an application to the Governor apparently, which. 

 Cheniquy was first to seal and then entrust to the hands of 

 Major Holland, " a^ if he had not seen it." "You alone," he then 

 proceeds, " can put the matter in fail- and speedy train. * * Neg- 

 lect nothing, and let the matter be over as soon as possible ; and let 

 me know the I'esult." He then ofiers land at 3s. 6d. an acre. "As 

 to land," he says, " I shall dispose of any quantity at 3s. 6d. per acre. 

 I have six hundred acres in Darlington, the third to^vnship to the 

 eastward of York, and two hundred acres on Yonge Street, back of 

 the town, lot No. 62 ; and I have four hundred acres in Rainham, 

 near the Grand River ; therefore I state this to you that you may 

 take your choice, or any number of acres you please." 



The successor of Gen. Simcoe in the Government of Upper Canada 

 was Lieut.-Gen. Hunter. I have nothing to represent him except a 

 note in the handwriting of his Secretaiy and Aide-de-Camj), addressed 

 to the Ensign Cheniquy just named. The ensign, after obtaining his 

 commission, had perhaps been prevented by circumstances from join- 

 ing his corps, and had offered some explanations. The Secretary's note 

 was as follows : — " Sir : I have had the honour of laying your letter 

 of this day [the document is dated at Quebec, 17th March, 1800,] 

 before Lieut.-Gen. Hunter, expressing your anxiety to join your regir 

 ment immediately. The General desires me to say that he perfectly 

 approves of your joining your regiment as soon as possible, and 

 thinks the sooner you do so the better. I have the" honour to be, (fee, 

 W. J. CuRREY, Aide-de-Camp." — This reads like a communication 

 from Gen. Hunter, who is remembered as a strict disciplinarian. 



An autograph letter, which I preserve, of Monseigneur Denaut, 

 French Bishop of Quebec, relates also to the same Ensign Cheniquy. 

 We learn from it that the young soldier had been applying in 1803 

 for admission or re-admission to the Seminary at Quebec, with a view 

 to studying for Holy Orders in the French Church. The letter is in 

 French, and is dated "Quebec, 3 9bre, 1803." "Monsieur," the 

 bishop says, " Je n'ai point d'objection particuliere h, votre entree au 

 Seminaire pour y continuer vos etudes. Je I'ai dej h permis une foia, 

 et vous avez quitte. Voyez M. le Superieur et arrangez-vous ensemble. 

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