Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Receipt by Joseph Davis of £5-16-4 for sundry supplies to Mi'kmaq from John Geo. Pyke, 21 July 1800.
Date: 1800
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 13
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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?
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- 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?