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Description of Land Granted:

In consideration of the sum of one hundred fifty pounds lawful money, George Strange Boulton has granted to Samuel Peters Jarvis, a tract of land situated in the Township of Alnwick, containing two hundred acres, and being composed of lot number 18 in the first concession. The granted parcel of land is to be held in trust for the Mississauga Indians residing in Alnwick.

Witnesses:

R. Ruttan

D.E. Boulton

Signatories:

G.S. Boulton

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 225.

3 August 1842, Land Grant of Two Hundred Acres in Alnwick Township, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 222, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3200, accessed [date]).

This record was created under the direction of Heidi Bohaker as part of a larger research project funded by an Aboriginal Research Grant titled “Braiding Knowledges: Anishinaabe Heritage in Community Perspective”from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).