Survey report written in brown ink by David Bélivaux on yellowed paper.

The object bears witness to the development of Acadian and Gaspé society in general, and more specifically, to the land division system in force in Quebec. This survey report is signed by Modeste Pratte and concerns the demarcation of land "on the Beauséjour range," the third range in the Acadian village.

The object bears witness to the life of a person of Acadian origin. In addition, it concerns the family of David Béliveau, who settled in the vicinity of Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand, Bécancour, and Nicolet.

Finally, the document bears witness to the development of a Petite-Cadie, namely that of Saint-Grégoire de Bécancour.

It is quite possible that the land belonging to David Béliveau Jr. (this reference indicates that his father had the same first name) was located in Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand. David Béliveau Sr. was born in Acadia around 1743 and died in Saint-Grégoire in 1813. "In 1758, Acadians arrived in the Bécancour region and settled along Lake Saint-Paul. In 1764, a second group settled in what would later become the village of Saint-Grégoire. The third wave arrived in 1767, bringing Acadians from New England, where they had been deported. They settled in what is now Boulevard des Acadiens." (http://www.humainaucoeurdulacst-pierre.com/lac_saint_pierre-lake_saint_pierre/urbanisation_et_villegiature-urbanization_and_recreational_properties/saint_gregoire_et_nicolet-saint_gregoire_and_nicolet-fra.html)

His son David was born in 1774 and married Marie-Marguerite Bourque, an Acadian, in 1801 in Nicolet.