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Unsigned memo regarding an agreement made on 7 July 1761 in which the Chief of the Misiguash [Missaguash?] tribe "submitted to and acknowledged George the Third as his only sovereign." Memo states that the author "cannot find any General surrender or resignation of title to territory regarded as theirs by the Indians." No date.
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Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 431 number 115
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- When do you think the document was written?
- Who do you think wrote the document?
- Why do you think the document was written
- Who do you think received the document?
- Who do you think this document was written for?
- What information do you think this document provides? What do you think it tells us about the past?
- How do you think the document reflects the attitudes and values of the time period in which it was written?
- What impact do you think the document had at the time it was written?
- Do you think those were different impacts for different people?