Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Documents regarding Stephen Seaman's purchase in 1800 of land from the Mi'kmaq. It was a tract the Mi'kmaq held by letter of licence situated on the east side of Pugwash Harbour.
Microfilm 15698
Date: 1807
Retrieval no.: Nova Scotia Department of Lands and Forests — Land grant registration books series Nova Scotia Archives RG 20 Ser. A - Seaman Stephen
Questions to Consider
- 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?