Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Letter from Joseph Howe to Nicholl denying relief to Louie Meuse for his burnt camp. Gives permission to a white farmer to take crops off the Knockwood land as long as he knows that doing so sets up no claim to the land. Distribution of supplies for farming.
See also RG 1 vol. 432 pp. 180-181 for mention of fire at Louie Meuse's camp.
Date: 1843
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Public Records — Mi'kmaq and Government Relations series Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 432 pp. 184-185
Questions to Consider
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- 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?
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- What impact do you think the document had at the time it was written?
- Do you think those were different impacts for different people?