Collection search - Resignation & Surrender by Trustees of Indian Lands in Otonabee - Rev. Ed R. Roberts et al to the Queen - IT 364

GAD Reference number: IT 364;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 260
Aboriginal people(s): N/A;
Other party(ies): Between Rev. Edward R. Roberts, Hon. Amos E. Botsford, E.B. Edwards, James Meyer and George M. Roger, and Queen Victoria
Type of Document: Land grant - Docket title: "Resignation & Surrender by Trustees of Indian Lands in Otonabee - Rev. Ed R. Roberts et al to the Queen "
Specific purpose(s): Release of their trusteeship to the Queen and to grant a tract of land to her "for the purposed mentioned and contained in "The Indian Act" Chap. 43. Revised Statutes of Canada"
Land involved: 1120 acres situated in the Township of "Otanabee", County of Northumberland, District of Newcastle "being the Townplot Reservation on the Rice Lake and River Otanabee" - See document
Form: Manuscript original

The document has one red wax seal. A green ribbon is under the wax seal. A pink archival ribbon is also attached to the underside of the wax seal and is used to bind the sheets together. Red ink is used for underlining. Five circular paper seals, one being possibly torn or worn, are located on page 17.

The document is laminated with tissue. A brownish stain is on the lower left corner of page one, opposite the wax seal. The stain is imprinted by the stamp of the seal. The paper is discoloured and dirty. Numerous holes and two slashes are in the upper left corner of each sheet, probably used in binding sheets together. The upper left corner of page 19 is missing.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. II, pages 244-246.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9940.