Collection search - The Chiefs of the Mississague Nation of Indians to His Majesty George III - Lease for a Year of 428 Acres of land - IT 051

GAD Reference number: IT 051;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 17
Aboriginal people(s): Mississague Nation;
Aboriginal individual(s): Misiquescon, Indanwaywey, Kaybeshkang;
Other party(ies): King George III
Type of Document: Lease Agreement - Docket title: "The Chiefs of the Mississague Nation of Indians to His Majesty George III - Lease for a Year of 428 Acres of land"
Specific purpose(s): Lease of land for one year in consideration of five shillings a piece of lawful money
Land involved: 428 acres fronting on the Bay of Quinte at the mouth of the Moira River lying in the township of Thurlow in the Midland District of the Province of Upper Canada - See document
Form: Manuscript original

The document's top edge is scalloped. There are three doodem (clan, also known by the anglicized term totem) signatures and four seals. Three seals are covered and one red wax seal is exposed.

The document is laminated with tissue. Both sheets are missing pieces and the edges are torn.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 45-46.

This document is also available on microfilm reel T-9938.

IT 052 - map, IT 053 - surrender, IT 054 - duplicate of lease, map and surrender