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"By the King, A Proclamation." 1763
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Issued at the Court at St. James', 7 October 1763.

This is an original document published by the King's Printer, Robert Baskett, in London in 1763, for distribution to the colonies. This copy was received and published in Halifax in January 1764.

Transcript sourced from the Lillian Goldman Law Library, Yale Law School, and verified by the Nova Scotia Archives.

Date: 1763

Retrieval no.: Peace and Friendship Treaties Nova Scotia Archives RG 1 volume 346 number 2

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?



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