...those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the Northwesternmost head of Connecticut river: * * * * East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the...rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean, from those that fall into the river St. Lawrence." By the Proclamations and other acts of the British Government,...

...those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of the Connecticut River," &c. " East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the...source directly North to the aforesaid highlands." By the 5th article of Jay's treaty of November 19, 1794, there was an agreement for a joint commission...

...that fall " into the Atlantic ocean, to the north-easternmost head of Con" necticut river" — and " east by a line to be drawn along the " middle of the...from its mouth in the bay of " Fundy to its source ;" — being the eastern and northern boundary of Maine. The treaty also conceded to the United States,...

...that fall " into the Atlantic ocean, to the north-easternmost head of Con" necticut river" — and " east by a line to be drawn along the " middle of the...from its mouth in the bay of " Fundy to its source ;" — being the eastern and northern boundary of Maine. The treaty also conceded to the United States,...

...the head of St Mary's river ; thence down along the middle of St Mary's river to the Atlantic Ocean. East, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St Croix, from its mou!h in the bay of Funda to its source ; and from its source directlif north, to the aforesaid high...

...the western, and southern limits of the United States, and returns to the eastern, which is formed ' by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river...from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence.' On reading this description, the first question that occurs is, what is meant by the highlands which...

...say they, (that Is at the Devil's Head) the following description in the treaty begins, viz : bounded east by a line to be drawn along the middle of the...Croix from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source again, a line drawn from the mouth of St. Croix at Devil's Head to the mouth of St. Mary's river between...

...the south end of the lake Nipissing, and thence straight to the source of the river Mississippi, west by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to where the said line shall intersect the thirty-first degree of north...

...St. Mary's River; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean ; — east, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the...to the aforesaid highlands, which divide the rivers which fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St. Lawrence ; comprehending...

...eastern boundary was established by the definitive treaty of peace, of September 3d, 1783, as follows : ' By a line to be drawn along the middle of the river...source, and from its source, directly north to the highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the...