Deed of surrender of a tract of land in Albany County to the Crown of Great Britain [textual record]
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Deed of surrender of a tract of land in Albany County to the Crown of Great Britain [textual record]
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Date:10 January 1740 - 3 October 1741.Reference:R5693-0-0-E, MG18-C16, Volume number: 1Type of material:Textual materialFound in:Archives / Collections and FondsItem ID number:104760Date(s):10 January 1740 - 3 October 1741.Place of creation:New York (State)Extent:0.1 cm of textual records (2 p.) : photocopies.Language of material:EnglishAdded language of material:English, Iroquoian (Other)Scope and content:Item is a photocopy of a deed of surrender for a tract of land in what was then known as the province of New York (present day New York State) to the Crown of Great Britain. The deed was signed by three Seneca sachems (supreme chiefs) identified as Dekoschten (also known as Tenehokaiwee), Twessa (or Tewassajes) and Staichreseh (or Staghreche).Provenance:Biography/Administrative history:Seneca Nation : The Seneca nation (Onondowahgah, or The People of the Great Hill) are the western-most members of the original Haudenosaunee Confederacy (also known as the Iroquois Confederacy). Their ancestral territory is located between the Genesee River and the city of Canandaigua in New York State. The Seneca people continue to live in western New York State, primarily on the Cattaraugus, Allegany, and Tonawanda reservations.Additional information:General note:A number of Seneca people also reside in Oklahoma on the Seneca-Cayuga Reservation, and on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, located near Brantford, Ontario.
The location described in the deed could be located near present-day Rochester, New York.Custodial history:Received in 1934.Language note:Signatures for Tenehokaiwee, Twessa, and Staichreseh include symbols representing their respective clans.Subject heading:Source:PrivateFormer archival reference no.:MG18-C16 -
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