Grant to Six Nations Of Eastern Lake Ontario for Revolutionary War Loss

Grant to Six Nations Of Eastern Lake Ontario for Revolutionary War Loss

Grant to Six Nations Of Eastern Lake Ontario for Revolutionary War Loss

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Introduction

A government grant of land fronting on the Bay of Quinte forming Tyendinaga Township in compensation for war losses and as a show of appreciation to the Six Nations.

Nation of Maker: Mohawk
Nation of Origin

First Nation surrendering lands.

Date Made or Date Range: 1793-04-01
Seasonal time
English: Spring
Summary of Source(s) for this Relative

Treaty Document

Materials

parchment, black ink, red ink, wax, ribbon

Description of Writing/Text

Description of Land Sold:

Tract of land will be bounded in front by the Bay of Quinte between the mouths of the River Shannon and Bowen’s Creek about twelve miles west by a line running north sixteen degrees west from the west side of the mouth of the River Shannon, and east by a line running north sixteen degrees, west from the mouth of Bowen’s Creek, and north, by a line running east sixteen degrees north and west sixteen degrees, south at the distance of about thirteen miles back from the Bay of Quinte, measured on the western boundary aforesaid, to the north east angle of the Township of Thurlow.

Crown Signatories:

William Jarvis, Secretary

First Nations Signatories:

None

Witnesses:

John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor

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

Date document signed

Catalogue, Accession or Reference Number: Government Archives Division Reference Indian Treaty Number 007
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: 7-8.

GKS Reference Number: 1496
How to Cite this Item

1 April 1793, Grant to Six Nations Of Eastern Lake Ontario for Revolutionary War Loss, Library and Archives Canada, Indian Affairs, D-10a, Series A, Volume 1840, Reel T-9938, GAD REF IT007, http://grasac.org/gks, (heritage item id no. 3256, 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

46.869279102, -71.347896113

Source of Information about Places

Location of treaty lands