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==<font style="color:#8A0808" size="6" > Correspondence between E.B. Borron and D. Laird </font> ==


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Correspondence between E.B. Borron and D. Laird

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Type of document:''' </font> </h1>
Primary documentation, letters, National Archives of Canada 

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Summary of the data:''' </font> </h1>
In these two letters, written by [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/borron_edward_barnes_14E.html<font style="color:#5489EB">E.B. Borron</font>], M.P. for [[wikipedia:Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|<font style="color:#5489EB">Sault Ste. Marie</font>]] to [http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/laird_david_14E.html<font style="color:#5489EB">D. Laird</font>], Minister of the Department of the Interior, Borron requests an increase in the annuity payments under the Robinson Treaties from $1.00 a head to $4.00 a head to the First Nations and Métis in the regions surrounding lakes [[wikipedia:Lake Superior|<font style="color:#5489EB"> Superior</font>]] and [[wikipedia:Lake Huron|<font style="color:#5489EB">Huron</font>]]. According to the letters, the increase was necessary in order to fulfill the provisions of the [[Robinson-Superior Treaty, 1850|<font style="color:#5489EB">Robinson-Superior Treaty, 1850</font>]]. The provision Borron is referring to is the following: <br>
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::::The said William Benjamin Robinson, on behalf of Her Majesty and the Government of this Province, who desires to deal liberally and justly with all Her subjects, further promises and agrees that in case the territory hereby ceded by the parties of the second part shall at any future period produce an amount which will enable the Government of this Province without incurring loss to increase the annuity hereby secured to them, then, and in that case, the same shall be augmented from time to time, provided that the amount paid to each individual shall not exceed the sum of one pound provincial currency in anyone year, or such further sum as Her Majesty may be graciously pleased to order. ("Treaty No. 60") <br>
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In Borron's second letter he writes that the sale of timber lands in the Robinson Treaty territory as well as the money being derived from the sale of mineral and agricultural lands should result in an increase in the annuity payments to the "Indians and Half-breeds" in the area. The [[Pay Lists|<font style="color:#5489EB">pay list</font>]] for the [[Michipicoten Post|<font style="color:#5489EB">Michipicoten</font>]] First Nations notes that 68 'half-breeds' were included and paid the increased annuity of $4.00 in 1876. <br>

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Important dates mentioned in the document:''' </font> </h1>
'''November 28, 1874:''' Date of first letter from E.B. Borron to D. Laird. <br>
'''April 1, 1875:''' Date of second letter from E.B. Borron to D. Laird. <br> 

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Important people discussed in the document:''' </font> </h1>
[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/borron_edward_barnes_14E.html<font style="color:#5489EB">E.B. Borron</font>]<br>
[http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/laird_david_14E.html<font style="color:#5489EB">D. Laird</font>]<br>
[[wikipedia: William Benjamin Robinson|<font style="color:#5489EB"> William Benjamin Robinson</font>]]<br>

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Specific location(s) mentioned in the document (if applicable):''' </font> </h1>
[[wikipedia:Manitoulin Island|<font style="color:#5489EB">Manitoulin Island, Ontario</font>]]<br>
[[wikipedia:Penetanguishene|<font style="color:#5489EB">Penetanguishene, Ontario</font>]]<br>
[[wikipedia:Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario|<font style="color:#5489EB">Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario</font>]]<br>
[[Michipicoten Post|<font style="color:#5489EB">Michipicoten, Ontario</font>]] <br>

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Non-specific location(s) mentioned in the document (if applicable):''' </font> </h1>
[[wikipedia:Lake Huron|<font style="color:#5489EB">Lake Huron, Ontario</font>]]<br>
[[wikipedia:Lake Superior|<font style="color:#5489EB">Lake Superior, Ontario-Minnesota-Wisconsin-Michigan</font>]]<br>
[[wikipedia:Pigeon River (Minnesota–Ontario)|<font style="color:#5489EB">Pigeon River, Minnesota–Ontario</font>]]<br>
[[wikipedia:Georgian Bay|<font style="color:#5489EB">Georgian Bay, Ontario</font>]]<br>
[[wikipedia:Garden River (Ontario)|<font style="color:#5489EB">Garden River, Ontario</font>]]<br>

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Specific event(s) identified in the document (if applicable):''' </font> </h1>
[[Robinson-Superior Treaty, 1850|<font style="color:#5489EB">Robinson-Superior Treaty, 1850</font>]] (September 7, 1850)<br>

<h1> <font style="color:#B45F04" size="3"> '''Relevant citations:''' </font> </h1>
Gale, Alison. "Robinson Treaty Métis: Historical Report." Claims Research and Assessment Directorate Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. (1998). Print. <br>
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Library and Archives Canada, E.B. Borron, RG. 10, "Letter from E.B. Borron to D. Laird," volume 1963, 28 November 1874, file 5045-1, microfilm reel C-12777. <br>
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Library and Archives Canada, E.B. Borron, RG. 10, "Second Letter from E.B. Borron to D. Laird," volume 1963, 1 April 1875, file 5045-1, microfilm reel C-12777. <br>
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Library and Archives Canada, W.B. Robinson, RG. 10, "Treaty No. 60," volume 1963, 7 September 1850, file 5045-2, microfilm reel C-11122.<br>
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Library and Archives Canada, Unknown, Hudson's Bay Company, Michipicoten, RG. 10, "Michipicoten Pay List," volume 1999, 1876, file 7294, microfilm reel C-11131.

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