A reproduction of Le Canada, ou Nouvelle France map by Nicolas Sanson. Original map made in 1656. Includes area extending from west Lake Superior to Newfoundland.
File contains a newspaper article concerning an early Sulpician mission to the Cayuga First Nation in the Quinte region ca. 1668, and missionization by the Jesuits and Sulpicians among the Wendat(Huron), Mohawk and Oneida in what is now Quebec.
A reproduction of "Amerique Septentrionale divisee en ses principales parties ou sont distingue's les vns des autres Les Estats" map by Nicolas Sanson. Original map made in 1695. Includes area in modern day Canada and USA.
File contains a photocopy of the front page of “The Justice of the Peace, and Parish Officer” by Richard Burn, LL.D., 16th Edition, Four Volumes, printed London 1788. Two of the four volumes are in the Law Library of the Hastings Law Society.
A 1719 map of Canada (New France) covering the explored areas of Canada previously featured on Guillaume de l'Isle's former map of 1703. Reproduction published by Stonehouse Publications in St. Catharines, Ontario.
A reproduction by the Canadian Department of Energy, Mines and Resources of "An Accurate Map of Canada with the adjacent Countries Exhibiting the late Seat of War between the English & French in those parts." Original map was issued in 1761 at London. Includes the areas named; New South Wales, New Britain, Canada, south Louisiana, Virginia, "Pennsilvania," New York and New England. The names and location of Indigenous peoples are also featured on the map.
Map showing "The 5 Big Lakes of Canada" by Jacques Nicholas Bellin, Paris, 1764. Bellin produced a maritime atlas containing this map, showing the topography, forts, portages and the Mission Ste. Marie in the Great Lakes area. This map was published by Stonehouse Productions as part of "Charting Our Past" from the Archives of Ontario.
A reproduction of "A Map of Canada and the North Part of Louisiana with Adjacent Countrys by Thomas Jefferys, Geographer to His Royal Highnefs the Prince of Wales." Original map was hand colored and published in 1768.
A reproduction of "A New and Accurate Map of Part of North-America, Comprehending the Provinces of New England, New York, Pennsilvania, New Jersey, Connecticut, Rhode Island & Part of Virginia, Canada and Halifax, For the Illustration of M. Peter Kalms Travels." Written at the bottom is "Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Mrahc 7th, 1771."
A reproduction of an "Accurate Map of North America Deferring and distinguishing the British and Spanish Dominions on this great Continent." Original map made in 1775 and held at the Archives of Ontario.
File contains a copy of the “Law for Attainting the Persons, and Forfeiting and Disposing of the Estates of the Loyalists”. It contains the names of the U.E.L. families of the State of New York this law was enacted upon.
A reproduction of "A New & Accurate Map of the Province of New York and Part of the Jerseys, New England and Canada. Showing the Scenes of our Military Operations during the Prejant War- Also the New Erected State of Vermont." Originally published by J. Bow on October 31, 1780. Date of reproduction is unknown.
File contains a newspaper facsimile of a letter written by Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson, November 13, 1783 concerning a voyage from Quebec with a convoy for New York.
File contains a copy of “The Defenitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship Between His Britannick Majesty, and the United States of America”, signed at Paris on Sept. 3rd 1783; including in the peace agreement is the Canada (Southern) Boundary.
File contains a 1783 letter from surveyor, W. Samuel Holland, to General Hallimand in Quebec regarding the establishments of settlements along the St. Lawrence and the Mohawks.
A survey plan map of the Township of Fredericksburg, 1784. Contains names of local property owners and bodies of water. Composed by James Peachy, Lewis Kotte, Henry Holland and Samuel Jaffe. Scale: 40 chains in an inch. Dimensions: 53cm x 39cm.
Map showing the Bay of Quinte to Presqu'ile to the eastern tip of Grande Isle (Wolfe Island) used as a teacher's guide to the area in 1785. The 20th century names are in capital letters as per the Legend.
A copy of an original map by Surveyor General John Collins showing land from Presqu'ile to Kingston in 1785. Scale: 4 miles : 1 inch. Photocopied by the Archives of Canada 10 Jan 1990.