A Survey of the State of Maine: In Reference to Its Geographical Features, Statistics and Political Economy; Illustrated by Maps.... |
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... territory of the State , has re- cently been claimed by a foreign power , which insists with great pertinacity upon a very different boundary from that here de- scribed ; and as this claim is yet unsettled , and provision is This point ...
... territory of the State , has re- cently been claimed by a foreign power , which insists with great pertinacity upon a very different boundary from that here de- scribed ; and as this claim is yet unsettled , and provision is This point ...
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... territory as is in dispute should be the subject of a separate consideration , or perhaps be altogether omitted . But to either of these there are two objections : First the un- certainty in determining where the boundary may be fixed ...
... territory as is in dispute should be the subject of a separate consideration , or perhaps be altogether omitted . But to either of these there are two objections : First the un- certainty in determining where the boundary may be fixed ...
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... territory as a part of the county of Cornwallis in that province . How these conflicting claims between the two provinces , and the discrepancies between the maps by the official servants of the crown in each province respectively , are ...
... territory as a part of the county of Cornwallis in that province . How these conflicting claims between the two provinces , and the discrepancies between the maps by the official servants of the crown in each province respectively , are ...
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... territory lying between Nova - Scotia , New - Hamp- shire , Canada and the Atlantic , was known and acknowledged by Great - Britain and her colonies , to be an integral part of the Province of Massachusetts , and was designated as the ...
... territory lying between Nova - Scotia , New - Hamp- shire , Canada and the Atlantic , was known and acknowledged by Great - Britain and her colonies , to be an integral part of the Province of Massachusetts , and was designated as the ...
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... territory of considerable extent . All which could be necessary , would be to trace the line described to run " along the highlands , and from thence to the Bay of Chaleur , and by its north coast , " which formed the southern boundary ...
... territory of considerable extent . All which could be necessary , would be to trace the line described to run " along the highlands , and from thence to the Bay of Chaleur , and by its north coast , " which formed the southern boundary ...
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Page 22 - York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 22 - 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...
Page 22 - St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 2 - BBOWN, of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as author, in the words following, to wit : " Sertorius : or, the Roman Patriot.
Page 23 - Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 23 - Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the north-west angle of Nova Scotia, nor the north-westernmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained; and whereas that part of the boundary line between the dominions of the two Powers which extends from the source of the River St. Croix directly north to the above mentioned north-west angle of Nova Scotia, thence along the said Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence...
Page 2 - In conformity to the act of Congress of the United States, entitled, " An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned ;
Page 378 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 22 - Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the two Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained...
Page 13 - St. Lawrence from those which fall into the sea, to a point in fortyfive degrees of northern latitude, on the eastern bank of the river Connecticut...