parchment, ink, ribbon

Description of Land Granted:

George the Fourth has granted unto William Claus of the Town of Niagara, all that parcel of land situated in the Township of Innisfil, containing nine hundred acres, beling the north halves of lots nos. sixteen, eighteen, nineteen, and twenty-one, and the southern halves of lots nos. fourteen, sixteen, eighteen, nineteen and twenty-one in the fourth concession of the said township. Commencing where a post has been planted at the north-east angle of each of the said north half lots; then south seventy-three degrees thirty minutes west thirty chains, to where a post have been planted at the north-west angle of each of the said half lots; then south nine degrees thirty minutes east thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the centre of the said concession; then north seventy-three degrees thirty minutes east thirty chains to the eastern limit of each of the said half lots; then north nine degrees thirty minutes west thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half, to the place of beginning in each of the said half lots. Also, commencing where a post has been planted at the south-west angle of each of the said south half lots respectively; then north seventy-three degrees thirty minutes east thirty chains thirty three links and a half to the centre of the said concession; then south seventy-three degrees thirty minutes west thirty chains, to the western limit of each of the said half lots; then south nine degrees thirty minutes east thirty-three chains thirty-three links and a half to the place of beginning in each of the said half lots.

Witnesses:

Sir Peregrine Maitland, K.C.B. Lieut. Governor

Signatories:

D. Cameron, Secy.

Date document signed

Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 60-62.

14 October 1822, Grant to Colonel William Claus, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1843, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT081, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3300, 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).