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album: An album of photographs, prints and sketches dating between 1856 and 1880, mostly views of various villages in the South of England as well as of Bond Head, Ontario, Red River, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Lake Superior, Minnesota, New York and Massachusset.

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: caption below the top print: View of Toronto in 1803; in bottom print, t.: TITLE DEED OF TORONTO CITIZENS.;in print, c.: [shows various signatures on a legal document dated August 1805]; in print, b.: The above is a copy of the plan attached to the first conveyance on record of the land on which Toronto is/ situated. The deed of conveyance to the King was signed by all the principal chiefs and chief warriors of the Mis-/sissagua Nation, as indicated by the "totems." The land conveyed had a frontage on Lake Ontario of about 14/ miles with a depth of 28 miles, and comprised 250,800 acres. The dotted line running back from the bay indicates/ the old carrying place. (complete transcription)