Author: Mercer Adam, G. Intro. by Rev. Henry Scadding:
Title: Toronto, Old And New: A Memorial Volume Historical, Descriptive and Pictorial, Designed To Mark The Hundredth Anniversary of the Passing Of The Constitutional Act Of 1791.
Description: Toronto, The Mil Printing Company, 1891 Oversized embossed brown leather bds, Fair, spine splitting, bds rubbed, gilt lettering to upper bd, contents clean and tight, profusely illust. with b/w plates, photographs, views etc...pp212. Commemorates the passing of the constitutional act of 1791, which set apart the province of Upper Canada and gave birth to York (now Toronto) to which is added a narrative of teh rise and progress of the professions, and of the growth and development of the city's industries and commerce, with some sketches of the men who have made or are making the provincial capital.

Keywords: Toronto Canada history Rev Henry Scadding Constitutional Act 1791 industry city development commerce beginnings birth U E Loyalists York Simcoe's day war governors Gore Maitland Colborne incorporation