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GAD Reference number: IT 097;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 32
Aboriginal people(s): Six Nations Indians;
Other party(ies): John Johnson Claus and Hon. James Baby, Hon. J.H. Dunn and Hon. G.H. Markland
Type of Document: Deed and Conveyance - Docket title: "Deed of Bargain and sale John Johnson Claus"
Specific purpose(s): In consideration of a payment of 5 shillings paid to J.J. Claus for the purchase of land, Baby, Dunn and Mackland conveyed it to the Six Nations Indians
Land involved: 2800 acres in the Township of Hawkesbury (Eastern Division), County of Prescott - See document
Form: Manuscript original

The document has five seals. Four of these are covered. The last one is a red wax seal on a piece of parchment. Four rectangular pieces of parchment are folded in half and are threaded through by ribbon. Two pieces of green ribbon are used to bind the sheets together.

The document is laminated with tissue. Edges are worn and small pieces are missing. There are holes along fold lines and two dark stains on page nine.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 80-82.

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