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The Sherbrooke Collection

Library and Archives Canada (LAC) and the Canadian Museum of History have acquired the Sherbrooke Collection, the largest and most complete collection of War of 1812 documentation ever, which has been in the Sherbrooke family exclusively for the last 200 years.

Great example from the Collection — Plan of York

Plan of York surveyed and drawn by Lieutenant E.A. Smith of the 70th Infantry. In August 1817.

This map of York (now Toronto) was executed in pen, ink and coloured washes and shows the town in 1817. It includes details of individual homes, street names, and prominent buildings such as the Garrison. It was presented to Sir John Coape Sherbrooke by Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Myers, CB, Deputy Quartermaster General of Upper Canada.

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