Land grants
Document 1799Transmits information on grants of land
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Waynesborough April 22d 1799.
Sir —
Agreeably to the request of Mr Jonathan Schuyler I Transmit you Three Deed or grants of land —
1st Deed of the Pottawatimies to Charles De Clebart for land upon the River Raisin. 1785.
An other Deed of the Pottawatimies to Frances & James Navarre for land on the River Raisin. 1785.
A Third Deed from Frances to Robert Navarre [strikethrough: on the] for land upon the River Rouge. 1760.
You will confer a very great favour on me, if you will be so very good as to take a receipt from Mr Schuyler for these deeds in which you will please to mention the names of the [underline: grantor] & [underline: grantee]— The quantity of land The place where it lies &c—
Mr Schuyler has promised to leave in your possession a power of attorney which the persons therein named gave him for the purpose of obtaining the enclosed Deed—
you will please to inform Mr Wadams that a receipt to you for the Deeds and a Deposit with you of the Power of attorney, were mentioned as the only grounds upon which I can justify a surrender of Them —
I am Dear Sir — yours
Most Obdt J Wayne
[Col Hodgdon]
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Deed from the French Govt Granting to Robert [undecipherable]
Six acres of Land in front by Forty Acres in Depth Situate on the River Rouge, bounded on one side by a farm of Jean Batt[iste] Broubin and on the other side by the said River Rouge, Deed dated the 18th December 1760—
Deed of the Pottewatemy Nation, to Frances and James Navarre. for Twenty Acres in front by One Hundred Acres in Depth Situate on the River Raisin, or (Namied Pippy) Bounded on one side by the Road of the Maumee River, running into a Prairie or Meadow. Deed dated the 3d June 1785—
Deed of the Pottowatamois Nation, to Chevalier de Chabert for [undecipherable] Acres in front by One Hundred Acres in Depth [undecipherable] on the River Raisin— Bounded on the [undecipherable] by the Peach Trees and on the other end by unconceeded Land, Deed dated 28th October 1786
[Jonas Payne]
[22 April 99]
[Recd [undecipherable]]
[23 Rec'd]
[16 papers are enclosed]
Type
Autograph Letter
Description
Transmits information on grants of land
Date
04/22/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Waynesborough
Document number
1799042280101
Page start
1
Notable persons
Samuel Hodgdon
Isaac Wayne
Jonathan Johnston (?)
Chevalier De Colbert (?)
Schiefler
Potawotamis
Potawatomi
French Government
Notable locations
Waynesborough
prairie
meadow
Notable items
land
land grant

