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Grant of Land in Peterborough Area
Grant of Land in Peterborough Area
Grant of Land in Peterborough Area
In consideration of four hundred pounds lawful money, John Steele and Charles George Buller have granted unto Samuel Jarvis Peters a parcel of land located in the Township of Otonabee, containing approximately 400 acres.
First Nation for whom granted lands are to be held in trust
Indian Treaties and Surrenders
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Description of Land Granted:
It is witnessed that John Steele and Charles George Buller for and in consideration of the sum of four hundred pounds lawful money to them paid by Samuel Peters Jarvis have granted unto Jarvis a certain parcel of land lying in the Township of Otonabee, in the County of Northumberland containing four hundred acres being composed of lots number four and five in the south Concession of the said Township of Otonabee. The land is to be held in trust for the use and benefit of the Mississauga tribe of Indians of Kingston and the Bay of Quinte
Witnesses:
G.S. Boulton
R.M. Boucher
Signatories:
C.G. Buller
Date document signed
Provenance
Canada, Indian Treaties and Surrenders from 1680 to 1890, 2 vols., (Ottawa: Queen’s Printer, 1891), 1: 218-220.
About This GRASAC Record
8 February 1839, Grant of Land in Peterborough Area, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1845, Reel T-9939, GAD REF IT 215, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3193, 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).
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Location of treaty lands