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Larry
Becker Collection
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Cummer
Family Bible, 1860s
Series 654, File 1.
Printed by William W. Harding
of Philadelphia in 1860, signed by “Mrs. Agnes Cummer”
in 1861, and stamped in gold on an elaborately decorated
front cover, “Bible of Jacob Cummer,” the
Cummer family bible is a beautiful mid-Victorian family
bible and a source of information about one of North York’s
pioneer families. The Cummer family emigrated from Pennsylvania
to Upper Canada in 1796 or 1797. Jacob and Elizabeth Cummer
first settled with their three children in a log cabin
north of York (later Toronto), near the intersection of
Yonge Street and Eglinton Avenue. A few years later, the
family moved six miles north to a place that became known
as the Cummer settlement, and later as Willowdale. Generations
of Cummers recorded births, marriages, and deaths in the
bible.
Cummer
Family Bible, front cover and frontispiece
1860s
City of Toronto Archives
Series 654, File 1
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City
of Toronto By-Law Consolidation, 1876
Series 654, File 9.
This presentation copy of "A
Second Consolidation of the By-Laws of the City of Toronto
from the date of its incorporation in 1834 to the 30th September,
1876 inclusive" was signed by John Beverley Robinson,
a former mayor who was then serving as a Conservative MPP
and would later serve as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.
The volume was handsomely rebound in hand-tooled, green
goatskin stamped in gold. Larry Becker's bookplate is affixed
to the front inside cover.
Front cover and title page,
A Second Consolidation of the By-Laws
of the City of Toronto
September
30, 1876
City of Toronto Archives
Series 654, File 9
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The Albion, February 3, 1838
Series 655, File 16.
Larry Becker collected 14
issues of The Albion, a weekly newspaper of British, Colonial,
and Foreign news, printed in New York City during 1838.
The Albion reported on the 1837 Rebellion led by William
Lyon Mackenzie and what happened to various participants
during 1838, including Lount and Matthews who were executed,
as well as Mackenzie, David Gibson and others who were
indicted for treason. The paper also contained reports
on the Rebellion in Lower Canada, border skirmishes, the
battle at Prescott, and the arrival of Lord Durham. Many
issues, like this one, were annotated by Mr. Becker. Between
1835 and March 1837, a different edition of The Albion
had been published in Toronto by James Cull.
 
The Albion, front and back pages
February 3, 1838
City of Toronto Archives
Series 655, File 16
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