Fonds consists of records documenting the public and private business life of William Cambers of Etobicoke Township. The records include correspondence relating to his work on behalf of the township in the collection of census and assessment information. There is also correspondence relating to his private business dealings and volumes recording expenditures and income relating to land sales and related matters.
The records include: papers dealing with municipal affairs in Etobicoke Township., Canada West, 1849-1856; papers and reports to Sir. Casimir S. Gzowski regarding West York Road and Dundas St., 1846-1848; 11 volumes of account books and notebooks, 1820-1856; two by-laws posters, 1850-1853; and bridge and sluice plans, 1820-1848.
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Cambers, William, b. 1774