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GAD Reference number: IT 009;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 4
Aboriginal people(s): Six Nations;
Other party(ies): John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor for King George III
Type of Document: Land grant by the Crown to Six Nations - Docket Title: Grant. Six Nations Indians. Tract of land Home District. Recorded 20th of July 1837.
Specific purpose(s): A tract of land under the protection of the Government as compensation for the losses sustained by the Six Nations.
Land involved: Six miles on each side of River Ouse or Grand River to a place known as the Name of the Forks.
Form: Manuscript original

The document is written in black ink on parchment. It also has a rust coloured ribbon located at the bottom center.

The document has two holes and two stains, a quarter and three quarters down the sheet, centrally located. There are also yellow stains or discolourations which covers most of the document.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 9-10.

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