Recherche dans la collection - Letters Patent - ...Lt. Governor Simcoe to the Chiefs, Warriors, Women and People of the Six Nations of Indians for Land on the Bay of Quinte - IT 006

GAD Reference number: IT 006;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 3-1/2
Aboriginal people(s): Six Nations;
Other party(ies): John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor for King George III
Type of Document: Government land grant to Indians - Docket title: "Letters Patent Dated 1st April 1793 [Under Adm] of Lt. Governor Simcoe to the Chiefs, Warriors, Women and People of the Six Nations of Indians for Land on the Bay of Quinte"
Specific purpose(s): A government grant of land to the Six Nations as compensation for losses sustained and as appreciation for bravery and exertions.
Land involved: Tract of land fronting on the Bay of Quinte forming Tyendenaga Township, Hastings County
Form: Manuscript "a true copy taken from the original - 29 December 1809".

The document has six covered seals on page one. One of the seals is stained red. There are two small holes in each sheet, found in the upper top left corner.

The document is laminated with tissue. Pieces are missing on sheet three. There are ink blots on the right edge of page five.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 7-8.

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

IT 007 - copy