Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Petition of John Harris, James Archibald and William Logan of Pictou and Truro urging relief for the Mi'kmaq of River Philip and Tatamagouche.
Microfilm 9686
Date: 1800
Retrieval no.: Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia — Petitions series Nova Scotia Archives RG 5 Series GP volume 7 number 4
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?