The Illinois free trader and LaSalle County commercial advertiser. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1841-1843, 1842-09-09

pointed the Right Honorable Alexander
Lord Ashburton, n Peer of the United
Kingdom, member Of Her Majesty most
honorable Privy Council, and her Males
tvs Minister Plenipotentiaiy on n Special
Mission to the United States who, after
reciprocal communication of their re-
spec,ive full powers, have agreed to and
signed the following Articles:
ARTICLE I.
1t is hereby agreed and declared, that
the line of boundary shall be as follows:
Beginning at the Monument at the source
Of the River ST. Croix, as designated and
agleed to by the Commissioners under The
9th Article in the Treaty of 1893, between
the Government of the United States and
Great Britain, thence North, following
The exploring line run and marked by the
Surveyors of the two Governments IN the
years 1917 e. 1918, under the fifth article
of the treaty of Ghenl. TO its intersection
with The river ST. John and TO the middle
of the channel thereof; thence up the
middle of the main channel OF said river
81. John, to the mouth of the river st.
| Francis thence up the middle OF the
channel OF said river ST. Francis, and OF
The Lakes through which it flows, TO the
outlet of The Lake Pohenagamook; thence
soulhwestelly, in Il straight line TO point
on the northwest branch Of The river 81.
john, which point shall be len miles dis
lanl from the main branch OF the 81. john,
in \ straight line, and in The nearest difcc-
ton; but if the said point shalt be found
to be less than seven miles from the near
est point OF summit or crest oil the high
lands that divide those rivers which empty
| themselves into the river ST. Lawrence
from those which fall into the ST. john,
to a point seven miles in Il straight line
from the said summit OF crest; thence in
ajoht line in Il course abouts0ulh eight
degrees west 10 tie point where the par
ai,el of latitude of4G deg. 25 min. Moth
| mersects the southwest branch OF the 81.
John thence southe,ly by the said branch
10 Che source thereof in the highlands at
Ihe Mel armette portage; thence down
,lo,r ,bo s,;d Husbands which divide the
waters which empty themselves Into the
river st. Lawrence from those which laiI
ino lhe Atlantic Ocean, 10 the head OF!
Halls stream; thence down The middle OF
said stream till the line thus ran inersecis
The old line of boundary surveyed and
marked bv Valentine & Collins previously
TO the yoar l774. as the Ash degree of
norlh latitude, and which has been known
and understood TO be the line OF actual d.
7 vision between The states Of New York
/ and Vermont on one side, aud the British
from said point of intersection, west along
the said dividing line as heretofore known
and understood, TO ihe lroquois or ST.
Lawrence River.
ARTICLE IL.
Ii is moreover agreed. thaI, from the
place whe,e The Joint commissioners ter
T minated their labors, under the sixth ari-
cIc Of The Treaty of Client. to wit: At a
point in tIle Neebrik channel, near Mud
. tv lake, the line shall run into and alone
) the ship channel, between St. Joseph and
rammany Islands, 10 The division of the
channel, at ornear lhehead ofSl. Joseph's
, Island thence, turning eastwardly anC
! norlhwardly, around the lower end Of ST
e Georges or Sugar Island, and following
z, the middle of The channel which divides
i ST. Georges from ST. Joseph's Island
!. thence, up the east Neebrii channel
: nearest TO ST. Georges Island, through
Il the middle of Lake George; thence ives
y of jonas Island, into st. Mary's River L