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Deed to Mackinac Island

On May 12, 1781 in a formal ceremony in a maple grove below Fort Mackinac, Ojibway chiefs Kitchie Negon, Pouanas, Koupe and Magousseihigan agreed to sell Mackinac Island to Great Britain for a dozen canoes loaded with goods and merchandise valued at 5,000 pounds. Lieutenant Governor Patrick Sinclair drafted a formal deed. In 1796 this copy of the original was made when the island was turned over to the United States. (1983.281.1)

Gift of Martin and Patricia Jahn.

On exhibit in "Mackinac: An Island Famous In These Regions."

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