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GAD Reference number: IT 096;
Indian Affairs' consecutive no.: 31
Aboriginal people(s): Six Nations;
Aboriginal individual(s): Jacob Ayonhwahtha and [35] others;
Other party(ies): King William IV
Type of Document: Surrender of land Docket title: "Surrender by Chiefs of Six Nations of 20,670 8/10 [acres] of land in County of Haldimand Niagara District to His Majesty King William IV".
Specific purpose(s): In consideration of a payment of 5 shillings to each signator, a surrender of land.
Land involved: 20,670.8 acres in the County of Haldimand, District of Niagara - see document
Form: Manuscript "copy"

The document has a red ribbon, probably used to bind leaves through holes on left edge. Sheet four folds over all leaves and covers page one, just along the left edge.

The document is laminated with tissue. Small pieces are missing along fold lines adjacent to docket title. The document is dirty and there is discolouration of the paper.

Indian Treaties and Surrenders (Coles' 1971 Reprint): Vol. I, pages 79-80

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

IT 095 - original, .