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Date:1789.Reference:R7070-0-8-E, MG19-F21, Volume number: 1Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104009Date(s):1789.Place of creation:CanadaExtent:0.1 cm of textual records (1 p.) : photocopy.Language of material:EnglishScope and content:Item is an indenture of sale to the State of New York for 700 pounds, of lands south of the Mohawk River, by Mohawk (and possibly members of the Iroquois Confederacy (Haudenosaunee)) formerly of the Mohawk Castle, Fort Hunter, Montgomery County (formerly Tryon County), N.Y., but currently of the Nassau District, Que., dated 9 July 1789. It bears the signatures of Thayendanegea (Captain Joseph Brant) and Karonghyontye (Captain David Hill), as well as of many members of the Hill family and of other First Nations peoples.Provenance:Additional name(s):Additional information:Custodial history:Transferred from the Miscellaneous Documents collection, 16/43.Availability of other formats note:The document is available in two copies: a photograph received prior to 1918 from Albert J. Hill of New Westminster, B.C.; and a negative photostat made at a later date than the photograph, after the seal had been removed from the document, received prior to 1955 from H. Borden Clarke of Morrisburg, Ont.Varying form of title:Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG19-F21 -
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