51. Brassier's Lake Champlain, surveyed in 1762. London, Sayer and Appendix. Bennett. 1776. Observa This Map has the Boundary between Quebec and New York marked on tions on the parallel of 45°. 52. J. Geddes's Map and Profile of the Champlain Canal. 1825. No particular observation occurs on this Map; its relevancy is not perceived. 53. Evans' Middle Colonies improved by W. Pownall. London, 1776. This Map contains the Boundary traced on the parallel of 45° considerably east of the Connecticut River from whence the line proceeds northerly along the highlands crossing the waters of the Chaudière near Lake Megantic. The Map does not extend to the eastward as far as the St. John. 54. Tanner's Ohio and Indiana. 1827. This Map shews the north-west territory included in the Province of Quebec by the Act of Parliament of 1774. 55. Major Holland's Provinces of New York, New Jersey, &c. corrected from Pownall's materials. London, 1776. This Map contains the southern boundary of Quebec along the parallel of 45° from the St. Lawrence to Lake Memphramagog. 56. Sauthier's Province of New York. London, 1779. This Map contains the Boundary on the parallel of 45° marked and coloured from St. Regis to the Connecticut River. The western branch of the fork north of 45°, is marked as the head of Connecticut River. 57. Holland's New Hampshire. London, 1784. This Map contains the northern Boundary of New Hampshire along latitude 45° intersecting the main Connecticut River three times to the intersection of that parallel with the eastern line of New Hampshire. Note. As by the third Article of the Convention of the 29th Sept. 1827, each Party has "full "power to incorporate in, or annex to, either its first or second statement any portion of the reports " of the Commissioners, or papers thereunto annexed and other written documents laid before the "Commission under the 5th Article of the Treaty of Ghent", Great Britain does not insert in this place any further observations on "the maps, surveys, or topographical delineations filed "with the Commissioners," which may be contained in the reports of the Commissioners, or the papers thereunto annexed, or the written documents laid before them. The contents of all these reports, papers, and documents may be made use of by each party in its second statement, if it shall be deemed expedient. Engraved Printed by Harrison and Son. SECOND STATEMENT ON THE PART OF GREAT BRITAIN, ACCORDING TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CONVENTION CONCLUDED BETWEEN Great Britain and The United States, ON THE 29th SEPTEMBER, 1827, FOR REGULATING THE REFERENCE TO ARBITRATION OF THE DISPUTED POINTS OF BOUNDARY UNDER THE FIFTH ARTICLE OF THE TREATY OF GHENT. I. POINT DESIGNATED IN THE TREATIES AS THE NORTH-WEST ANGLE OF NOVA SCOTIA, AND Negotiations which preceded the conclusion of the Treaty.......... 1. Instructions of the American Congress........... - Declare no principle of Settlement as to the Boundaries.......... 3. Correspondence of American Plenipotentiaries. Notions entertained of disputed Territory in 1783....... 3 5 6 to 8 6 7 7 8 9 10 11 Gulf of St. Lawrence and Bay of Fundy not included in term Atlantic Ocean; and respective Rivers contradistinguished also............................. 15 Boundary Line not to be carried to the North of the St. John....... 16 Reasons for silence of Treaty on that point..................................................... 18 Treaty sufficiently explicit as it is........................................ 19 General belief of the existence of Highlands South of the St. John............. Meaning under the Treaty of the term N. W. Angle of Nova Scotia........................ 23 Discussion on that Subject foreclosed by the Treaty............ Spot claimed by the United States as the N. W. Angle of Nova Scotia, and Highlands 26 28 28 29 32 Possession............................. Summary II. NORTH-Westernmost Head of CONNECTICUT RIVER.................................................................................. 34 to 38 Terms "Head" and "Branch" confounded in American Argument........................................................... British Claim established 32 33 35 37 III. BOUNDARY LINE FROM THE Connecticut River to the RIVER ST. LAWRENCE, ALONG THE PARALLEL OF 45° NORTH LATITUDE 38 to 41 Proceedings on old Line imperfect................................................................................................................................................. Conclusion in favour of British Claim.................................................. 39 40 41 |