Collection search - Release from Six Nations Indians to His Majesty of land situated on the Grand River - IT 107

GAD Reference number: IT 107;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 38
Aboriginal people(s): Six Nations Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Henry Brant and [20] others;
Other party(ies): King William IV
Type of Document: Surrender of land - Docket title: "Release from Six Nations Indians to His Majesty"
Specific purpose(s): In consideration of a payment of 5 shillings to each signator, surrender of a tract of land
Land involved: 50,212 acres situated on the Grand River in the County of Haldimand, including the Township of Dunn and parts of the Townships of Moulton, Canborough and Cayuga including the waters of the Grand River - See document
Form: Manuscript original

Title supplied from contents.

The document is on parchment and has a slightly scalloped top edge. There are 23 covered seals. There is also red and blue underlining (probably from coloured pencils).

The parchment is brittle and yellowed. Ink is faded significantly in spots.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 91-94.

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