Nova Scotia Archives
Mi'kmaw Teaching and Learning Resources
Sir Peregrine Maitland's order to the Provincial Treasurer to pay £140 to the Secretary of the Province for the relief of Mi'kmaq.
Date: 1831
Retrieval no.: Commissioner of Indian Affairs Nova Scotia Archives MG 15 volume 3 number 38
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- Why do you think the document was written
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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?