The North Eastern Boundary of the United States volume 2
The North Eastern Boundary of the United States volume 2
Charles Stewart Daveis
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The pertinence ol lliis species of proof was called in question before the arbiter. Map A, it was contended, was the only piece of evidence of that kind, proper for his consideration ; and this map A, was a mere plan of the territory in dispute, adjusted by Mr. Gallatin and Dr. Tiarks, and annexed to the convention. It was nothina bnt chalk. But the physical existence of the highlands describ- ed in the British acts has not been disproved, although it has been disputed. Further surveys of that ...region from one end of the direction given to the other, (an operation which has never been accomplished since the treaty of Ghent, ) may vary the altitude of these high- lands ; but they can never alter the state of the fact as to the fir:n opinion of the age, and the actual intentions of the British Government in respect to this boundary, in all its proceedings, from the peace of 1763 to the treaty of 1783. What may be asserted wiiii confidence, even at this day, when nuich has been done, and it is impossible to say withoijt any success, to de- face tlie lines and monuments which were well established in former times, is this ; that there is a historical chain or connection of highlands sweepinir round the heads of our great rivci'Sj lohich flow into the Atlantic^ namely^ the Ken- nebec, Penobscot and St.
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