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.
File contains photocopies of field notes dated 1791-92 of a survey of the Indian Lands on Grand River; the course of the Lake Ontario from Toronto to the River Trent; Head of the Bay of Quinty (sic). Donated by K.G.M. Ross
File contains a photocopied manuscript petition to Lt. Governor John Graves Simcoe by Captain John W. Meyers for the grant of lot no. 4 in Thurlow Township for the use and improvement by the Meyers family.
File contains a reproduction of a manuscript diary of W. Hambly, surveyor, for the period 6 December 1793 to 1 May 1794. The diary entries discuss the survey process in Thurlow, Sidney, Huntingdon and Rawdon Townships. Also present is a typescript transcript of the diary with an appended footnote section which contains a glossary of terms.
File contains micro-copy of a newspaper clipping from the Kingston Chronicle, January 27, 1823 announcing the availability of lots for sale by the Iron Works in Marmora, Ontario.