Collection search - An Agreement to surrender the Huron Reserve in the Township of Malden in the Western District - IT 102

GAD Reference number: IT 102;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 35
Aboriginal people(s): Winadot or Huron tribe;
Aboriginal individual(s): Adam Brown and [12] others;
Other party(ies): King William IV
Type of Document: Indenture to surrender land (impossible to determine whether it is a provisional agreement on an actual surrender agreement, as document is partially illegible and not in Coles`). Docket title: "Release from [?] to His Majesty".
Specific purpose(s): In consideration of 5 shillings an agreement to surrender the "Huron Reserve"
Land involved: Bounded by the River Detroit, the Townships of Colchester and Sandwich a tract of land in the Township of Malden in the Western District
Form: Manuscript original

Title supplied from contents.

The document is on parchment and has a scalloped top edge. There are 13 covered seals.

The document is yellowed. Ink is faded and parts are illegible. There are also ink smears in the top-centre and small holes along the fold lines.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9938.