Governor´s Message and Documents on the Subject of the Doings of the Arbiter
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Excerpt from Governor´s Message and Documents on the Subject of the Doings of the Arbiter: With the Report of the Committee of the Legislature, in Relation to the Northeastern Boundary The joint Select Committee to whom so much of the Message of the Governor as related to the North Eastern Boundary was committed, have had the same under consideration and Report: Whereas, the boundaries between the State of Maine, and the British Provinces of Lower Canada and New Brunswick, are definitely described in the provisional treaty of peace of 1782, which by its provisions was incorporated into, and became a part of the definitive treaty of peace of 1783 - wherein the boundaries are set forth and described as follows, to wit: "From the North West angle of Nova Scotia, to wit, that angle which is formed by a line "drawn due north from the source of the St. Croix river to the highlands, along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the Northwesternmost head of Connecticut river, &c." And again, "East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence." And whereas - The treaty adopted the boundaries of the British Provinces respectively, which had been formed and accurately described by the government in a succession of acts for nearly twenty years before the aforesaid treaty - and have also, since said treaty been often described and recognised by other acts of the British government. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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