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The Chiefs of the Six Nations Indians to His Majesty - Surrender of lands on the Grand River in Trust - IT 108

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Date:

26 March 1835

Reference:

RG10, Volume number: 1843/IT108, Microfilm reel number: T-9938

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Subset of Collections and Fonds:

Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements

Item ID number:

3963349

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The Chiefs of the Six Nations Indians to His Majesty - Surrender of lands on the Grand River in Trust - IT 108
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Date(s):

26 March 1835

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 sheet; 80 x 63 cm (31-1/2" x 25").

Language of material:

English

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GAD Reference number: IT 108;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 39
Aboriginal people(s): Six nations Indians;
Aboriginal individual(s): Henry Brant, Isaac Lewis, Jacob Martin, John Johnson, Oneida Joseph, Peter Green, Joseph Doxtater, Cornelius Thakokaiyas, Thomas Tkanawatch, Jacob Johnson, Joseph Snow, Joseph Kiranhgontye, William Alvis, Jacob Dewogenenuote;
Other party(ies): King William IV
Type of Document: Surrender of lands. Docket title: "The Chiefs of the Six Nations Indians to His Majesty - Surrender of lands on the Grand River In Trust as within mentioned".
Specific purpose(s): A surrender of lands that had been leased to individuals by Joseph Brant so that Letters Patent could be obtained by those individuals for their respective lands
Land involved: "Several parcels or tracts of land, parcel of the said Grand River tract, which the said Captain Joseph Brant" leased on behalf of the Six Nations (No definite description provided).
Form: Manuscript original

Physical description note:

The document is on parchment and its top edge is decoratively cut. Red ink is used for border and highlighting. There are 16 intact red wax seals with stamp. Four green ribbons are woven through parchment with the above wax seals located on them. Four pink ribbons binding turned up bottom hem. A fragment of pink ribbon in the top left corner was probably used to bind correspondence to the document.

Note on the state of conservation:

The parchment is brittle, dirty, and yellowed. Ink is faded and in some places illegible.

Citation/reference note:

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 94-95.

Availability of other formats note:

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

Related material:

IT 109 - correspondence

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T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 1
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 2
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 3
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 4
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T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 9
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 10

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Volume [RG10] 1843/IT108

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Microfilm reel [RG10] T-9938

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