Joseph Frederick Wallet Des Barres . - [18-]

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Held by: Ville de Montréal. Section des archives via Archives de Montréal (Ville de Montréal)
Dates: [18-] (indexed as 1800)
Level: item
Scope & content: Officier, ingénieur militaire, arpenteur, colonisateur et administrateur colonial; né en novembre 1721 à Bâle, Suisse, ou à Paris, aîné des trois enfants de Joseph-Léonard Vallet Des Barres et d'Anne-Catherine Cuvier; il eut 6 enfants avec Mary Cannon et 11 avec Martha Williams; décédé le 27 octobre 1824 à Halifax. (tiré du Dictionnaire biographique du Canada).
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Extent: 1 document iconographique collé sur un carton.
Format: Document; Artwork
What the image shows: A printed card or page with a cream background showing an oval halftone portrait of an elderly man with white hair, shown in left profile against a dark backdrop, wearing a high cravat and dark coat. Below the oval are three lines of small capital lettering reading "JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET DESBARRES", "LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF CAPE BRETON" and "FOUNDER OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY" in a smaller line. The archive watermark "Archives de la Ville de Montréal" appears in the bottom right corner.Described automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.
Text in the image: JOSEPH FREDERICK WALLET DESBARRESLIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF CAPE BRETONFOUNDER OF THE CITY OF SYDNEYIN 1785.Read automatically; may contain mistakes.
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