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1826-02-07, Resolutions of Maine on the Northeastern Boundary
SEE ALSO 51730, 51744 Resolutions of Maine on the Northern Boundary. On February 7, 1826, Levi Lincoln, Governor of Massachusetts, submitted to both
houses of the Legislature, documents sent to him by Governor Parris of Maine. The Maine Legislature had directed Governor Parris to do this so
Massachusetts could concur in its sentiments. Governor Lincoln said Maine wanted to collect evidence of the boundary claims and work on an on-the-ground
survey of the boundary. Governor Lincoln thought the federal government should do the work, since it was a boundary between two countries: US and
Canada/Great Britain. On January 17, 1826, the Maine Senate said in a three and a half page report that it had been forty years since the Treaty of Ghent
ostensibly established the north and east boundaries of the United States and Canada, but both parties were still arguing over the land. A Commission
had been working for six years to iron out details, but were not even close to a settlement. The documents were voluminous. The Treaty of Ghent had
a provision for third party adjudication if the Commission failed in its work, but the Senate feared this would not work in the country's favor. It
felt that the United States had not done enough to persistently document its claims, and so sent the Resolves. The first asked the Governor to find
and either copy or keep any and all maps, documents, publications, and surveys pertinent to the north and east boundaries of the State of Maine, for
which it appropriated $500. the second Resolve asked Massachusetts to participate with Maine in an actual survey of the line, but no appropriation was
made. The Resolves passed the House on January 26, 1826 and were sent on to Governor Parris, who sent them on to Governor Lincoln. (Digitized from a
microfilm copy of title originally held by the Massachusetts State Library).
Title:   Gentlemen of the Senate, and gentlemen of the House of Representatives : The accompanying copies of documents transmitted to me by His Excellency Governor Parris, have relation to a subject of common interest to this commonwealth and the state of Maine, and contain propositions, on the part of the latter government, for collecting and preserving the evidence of the extent of our right of property, in the public lands, upon the northeastern boundary, and for ascertaining the true line of division between the United States and the British possessions, as intended by the treaty of 1783 ...
OCLC Number:   1357496165
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