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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
THE SAINT CROIX RIVER: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE V OF THE
JAY TREATY
Original Boundaries of the United States.
Article II. of Treaty of 1783.....
Uncertainty of the Descriptions...
Importance of the River Saint Croix
Mitchell's Map of 1755 ...
Rivers Magaguadavic and Schoodiac.
Action of Nova Scotia and Massachusetts.
Proposals of the United States..
Provisions of the Jay Treaty..
Appointment of Commissioner by the United States
Appointment of Commissioner by Great Britain
Preliminary Meeting of Commissioners.
Appointment of American Agent
Appointment of British Agent
American Commissioner Proceeds to Halifax
Formal Meeting of American and British Commissioners..
Question as to Powers of a Majority of the Commission.
Question as to Legal Constitution of Commission...
Selection of the Third Commissioner .....
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Declaration.
Report of Mr. Benson.
CHAPTER II.
ISLANDS IN THE BAY OF FUNDY: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE IV.
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OF THE TREATY OF GHENT..
Stipulation as to Islands in the Treaty of Peace..
The King-Hawkesbury Convention..
Provisions of the Treaty of Ghent..
Appointment of a Commissioner by Great Britain
Appointment of a Commissioner by the United States.
Instructions of the British Commissioner ...
British Commissioner's Doubts as to Grand Menan..
Grant of Nova Scotia to Sir William Alexander..
Commissions of Governors of Nova Scotia..
Organization of the Commission...
Secretary to the Commission..
American and British Agents....
Question as to British Agent's Commission
Claims of the Agents.....
Agreements as to Evidence.
Arguments of the Agents....
Commencement of Surveys....
Meeting of the Commissioners at Burlington
Meetings at Montreal and St. Regis ....
Appointment of New Secretary...
Meetings at New York and Boston: Change in Secretaries......
Claims and Arguments of Agents....
Completion of Surveys: Meeting in New York.....
Delays and Expenses of the Commission....
Prospective Disagreement of Commissioners.
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Northwest Angle of Nova Scotia .....
Northwesternmost Head of Connecticut River.
Forty-fifth Parallel of North Latitude..
Final Disagreement of Commissioners.
Commissioners' Reports.....
Adjournment of Commission
CHAPTER IV.
THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY: ARBITRATION UNDER THE CON-
VENTION OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1827....
Summary of British Arguments as to the Maine Boundary.
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Recommendatory Character of Award: Protest of Mr. Preble..
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