Correspondence Regarding Keppel Township Land Grant

Correspondence Regarding Keppel Township Land Grant

Correspondence Regarding Keppel Township Land Grant

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Introduction

A covering letter accompanying the provisional agreement between the Nawash and Caughnawaga Indians, issued for the approval of the Superintendent General of Indian Affairs. See IT200 - Surrender

Nation of Maker: Anishinaabe
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering lands

Place of Origin: Owen Sound, ON
Date Made or Date Range: 1857-03-06
Seasonal time
English: Winter
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty document

Materials

parchment, ink

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Correspondence:

Covering letter for the provisional agreement between the Nawash Indians and the Caughnawaga Indians and the assignment of interest in the Colpoy's Bay Reserve.

Signatories:

Richard Carney

Dimensions: 0 × 0 × 0 mm
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 201
Link to Institution's Collections Database: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
GKS Reference Number: 1055
How to Cite this Item

6 March 1857, Correspondence Regarding the Keppel Township Land Grant, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT201, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3317, 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

44.5667, -80.9406

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands

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