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DEFINITIVE STATEMENT,

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ON THE PART OF

THE UNITED STATES,

OF THE CASE REFERRED,

IN PURSUANCE OF THE

CONVENTION OF 29TH SEPTEMBER, 1827,

BETWEEN THE SAID STATES AND

GREAT BRITAIN,

TO HIS MAJESTY

THE KING OF THE NETHERLANDS,

FOR HIS DECISION THEREON.

PRINTED, BUT NOT PUBLISHED.

WASHINGTON:

PRINTED AT THE OFFICE OF the united states' TELEGRAPH.

1829.

CONTENTS.

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§ 7. Objections derived from a presumed constant assertion of the British.
claim since the treaty of 1783. (Fourth British Argument-Summary) -
1. Attempts by Canada, 1783-1794,

2. Madawaska Settlement,

3. British claim not asserted, 1794-1814,

4. American claim asserted,

5. Negotiations of Ghent, 1814,

6. New Brunswick Jurisdiction,

Second Part.-The British Line examined,

§ 8. The terms of the treaty are irreconcilable with the British pretension,
1. The North-west angle of Nova Scotia must be on the dividing highlands,
2. The boundary line must, from the said angle to the North-westernmost
source of Connecticut River, be along the said dividing highlands,
S. Interpolations and substitutions of other expressions to the terms of the
treaty, suggested by the British Agent and Commissioner, under the late
Commission,

4. Attempt to pervert the meaning of the word "to divide"

§ 9. Intentions of the framers of the treaty of 1783, ascertained,

1. Deduced from the identity of the boundary, designated by the treaty,
with those assigned by the previous public acts of Great Britain, to the
Provinces of Quebec and Nova Scotia -

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2. Inferred from the maps published between 1763 and 1783,

3. Proved by Mitchell's Map, which is acknowledged to have regulated the
joint and official proceedings of the framers of the treaty,

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10. NORTH-WESTERNMOST HEAD OF CONNECTICUT RIVER, III. § 11. BOUNDARY LINE FROM THE CONNECTICUT RIVER, TO THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE,

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NOTES TO THE STATEMENT.

A Extent of the Fief of Madawaska,

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B Governor Pownall's information,

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C Surveys filed with the Commissioners under the 5th Article of the Treaty of Ghent,
D Mr. Gallatin's Letter of the 25th December, 1814,

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