Collection search - Surrender by Moravians of the Thames of their Reserve in Townships of Zone and Orford - IT 213

GAD Reference number: IT 213;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 83.2
Aboriginal people(s): Delaware Nation;
Aboriginal individual(s): Timothy Snake and others;
Other party(ies): R.T. Pennefather, T. Worthington and F. Talfourd, for the Indian Department for Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Surrender of land - Docket title: "Surrender by Moravians of the Thames of their Reserve in Townships of Zone and Orford"
Specific purpose(s): Surrender of reserve lands to be sold on 6 conditions as stated - See document
Land involved: Moravian Reserve adjoining the Thames River in the Townships of Zone and Orford
Form: Manuscript original or duplicate

The document is on parchment. A double-lined border surrounds the text. There is one orange wax seal. Other wax seal markings are visible, however it is impossible to determine if they are stains or actual seals. The document has 13 First Nations signators and 14 diamond shapes.

The parchment is brittle. It is also dirty and worn along the fold lines. There is yellow in top left area, as well as some reddish stains.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 217-218.

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

IT 210 - Original or duplicate surrender, IT 211 - Original or duplicate surrender, IT 212 - Order in Council - copy, IT 214 - surrender - 15 May 1857