Recherche dans la collection - Assignment of Mortgage from the Earl of Selkirk to the late Honourable William Claus in Trust - IT 149

GAD Reference number: IT 149;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 65
Aboriginal people(s): N/A;
Other party(ies): John Johnson Claus, Warren Claus, Catherine Claus and Hon. James Baby, Hon. John Henry Dunn, Hon. George Herchmer Markland
Type of Document: Deed and Conveyance - Docket title: "Assignment of Mortgage from the Earl of Selkirk to the late Hon. William Claus in Trust"
Specific purpose(s): Lands held by the estate of William Claus transferred to Baby, Dunn and Markland in consideration of a payment of five shillings
Land involved: 30,800 acres on the Grand River, County of Haldimand, District of Niagara - See document
Form: Manuscript original

The document has six covered seals, a single red wax seal, and three pieces of green ribbon. Four small rectangular pieces of parchment were probably used in conjunction with the ribbon and seals to bind the leaves together through four holes along left edge.

The document is laminated with tissue. The edges are worn and dirty. Small pieces are missing. Conservation replacement was previously done on sheets six and seven. The document is also yellow and dirty along fold lines.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 152-156.

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