Collection search - Surrender by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte to Her Majesty the Queen in Trust - 800 Acres of Land in Tyendinaga - IT 206

GAD Reference number: IT 206;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 81
Aboriginal people(s): Mohawk Nation;
Aboriginal individual(s): Chiefs Powlis Claus, Brant Brant and Councillors Abraham Brant, Alexander Loft, Seth W. Hill, Thomas Claus, James Maracle;
Other party(ies): Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land. Docket title: "Surrender by the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte to Her Majesty the Queen in Trust - 800 Acres of Land in Tyendinaga"
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of certain lands to be sold in trust
Land involved: Lot 4, 2nd concession of Tyendinaga, County of Hastings containing 18 acres, lots 32, 33, 34, 35, 9th concession of Tyendinaga Township containing in total 800 acres
Form: Manuscript original

The document has seven seals covered with blue paper.

The document is laminated with tissue. The lamination bubbled by the seals and center fold. There are also small holes along fold lines and edges. Two holes are present on each leaf as it was previously bound to Order in Council copy.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, page 212.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9939.

IT 207 - Copy of Order in Council