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Papers of Joseph Brant and his descendants accumulated and preserved by the Kerr family [textual record, graphic material]

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Series

Date:

1774-1889.

Reference:

MG19-F6

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

115235

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Joseph Brant and Family Fonds

Papers of Joseph Brant and his descendants accumulated and preserved by the Kerr family
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Date(s):

1774-1889.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

25 cm of textual records.

Language of material:

English

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Series consists of correspondence of Joseph Brant, Sir John Johnson, Thomas Talbot, William Johnson Kerr, William L. Stone, John Clark, William John Simcoe Kerr and others, 1791-1885, pp. 1-213, volume 1; estate records 1774-1884 including letters patent, maps and plans of grants, deeds of gift, leases and mortgages; and a will, powers of attorney and related records, chiefly concerned with the estates of Joseph and Catherine Brant, John Brant, Elizabeth Brant Kerr and Mary Margaret Clark. Of note are a copy of Sir William Johnson's will, 1774, and several petitions, copies of speeches and powers of attorney relating to lands of the Six Nations, pp. 214-576, volumes 2-4.

Series also consists of photographs, prints and clippings, 1799-1889, including photographs of councillors and council houses of the Six Nations, minutes of the General Council of 1870, and a copy of St. Matthew's Gospel in Mohawk and English, 1831, pp. 577-645, volume 5; and miscellaneous papers and accounts, 1807-1882, pp. 646-877, volume 5.

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Availability of other formats note:

Also available on microfilm, reel C-6818.

Source:

Private

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MG19-F6
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Volume [MG19 F 6] 1--5

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Microfilm reel C-6818

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