Correspondence Concerning the Lease and Purchase of Credit River Land

Correspondence Concerning the Lease and Purchase of Credit River Land

Correspondence Concerning the Lease and Purchase of Credit River Land

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Introduction

Letter concerning the lease and purchase of lands surrendered by the Mississauga Indians on the Credit River. See IT042 - Surrender, IT043 - Lease, IT044 - Map

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering land

Place of Origin: Toronto, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 1806-09-12
Seasonal time
English: Fall
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

parchment, ink

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Correspondence:

Covering letter transmitting "the Deed of Conveyance and release for the Lands purchased ... for the use of His Majesty".

Crown Signatories:

William Hatton, Secretary, Lieut. Governors Office

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
Condition: pieces missing, dirty and torn
Reasons for connecting this relative with particular times, materials, styles and uses

Date document signed

Current Location: Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 045
Link to Institution's Collections Database: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Publication History

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 36.

GKS Reference Number: 1559
How to Cite this Item

12 September 1806, Correspondence Concerning the Lease and Purchase of Credit River Land, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1842, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT045, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3276, accessed [date]).

Record Creation Context

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).

Approximate Place of Origin

43.6511, -79.347

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands

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