Annexation to the Report from the Land Committee on the Reference of the 16th Sept

Annexation to the Report from the Land Committee on the Reference of the 16th Sept. 1791 to Papers from the Land Board of Hesse. 16 Dec. 1791. The document refers to lands in the District of Hesse, which was renamed the Western District in 1792; ceded to the British Government by the Chiefs of the Ottawa and Chippewa nations of Detroit.

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