Provisional Agreement with the Mississagues of the River Credit, for the surrender of 648,000 Acres of Land - IT 059

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Provisional Agreement with the Mississagues of the River Credit, for the surrender of 648,000 Acres of Land - IT 059

Item ID number:

3951604

Hierarchical level:

File

Date:

28 October 1818

Reference:

RG10, Volume number: 1842/IT059, Microfilm reel number: T-9938

Type of material:

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Subset of Collections and Fonds:

Treaties, Surrenders and Agreements

Item ID number:

3951604

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Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development fonds

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Treaties, surrenders and agreements

Treaties and surrenders

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Date(s):

28 October 1818

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1 sheet (was originally two sheets sealed together by means of 5 seals); 41 x 60 cm (16" x 23-1/2").

Language of material:

English

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General Note:

GAD Reference number: IT 059; Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 19, Aboriginal people(s): Messessague Nation; Aboriginal individual(s): Chief Adjutant, Weygishigomin, Cabibonike, Pagitaniquatoibo and Noiwahkitakquibi; Other party(ies): Hon. Wm. Claus, DSGIA for His Majesty, Type of Document: Provisional Agreement to surrender land - Docket title: "Provisional Agreement with the Mississagues of the River Credit, for the surrender of 648,000 Acres of Land ", Specific purpose(s): In consideration of a yearly sum of 522 pounds 10 shillings currency in goods, the Indians agreed to surrender certain lands, Land involved: 648,000 acres "in the Home District, called the Mississagua tract" - See document, Form: Manuscript original

Physical description note:

The document has 11 seals. One is a wax seal, the other 10 are covered. There are also 10 doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures, five on each page. Possibly, the five on the first page are originals while the five on page two are reproduced. "Dead" is written in pencil beside one doodem signature.

Note on the state of conservation:

The document is laminated with tissue. The ink is faded. The document is dirty along fold lines.

Citation/reference note:

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 47-48.

Availability of other formats note:

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

Related material:

IT 060 - "true copy"

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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
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 5
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 6
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 7
T-9938 : Microfilmed copies (vols. 1840-1853B) Copy No. 8
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] 1842/IT059

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Microfilm reel [RG10] T-9938

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Provisional Agreement with the Mississagues of the River Credit, for the surrender of 648,000 Acres of Land - IT 059

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