Under the title it reads, "Advertised to be sold by public auction, on the ground on Monday 23, June 1856 at noon by the proprietor, J. Richard Thomson Esquire, Thos. A. Blyth, P.L.S., Hamilton; H. Gregory Lith. Hamilton, J.T. Nottle, Agent."
In top right hand corner, the words "Book 1, part of Plan 10, south of King" are found handwritten.
All street names found on the map are in existence today, in the locations shown, with the exception of Peel Street (now Hunter Street) and Duke Street (now Stinson Street). The boundaries on this map are: Wellington Street to the west, Emerald Street to the east, King Street to the north, and Duke Street (Stinson Street) to the south. A number of lots on the map are coloured and shaded.
Described in Winearls, Mapping Upper Canada 1780-1867, entry 1142, p. 318.