The Portland daily press., 1872-11-21
T0 the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one Of the Justices of the supreme Ju.
diciaI Court Of the STATE of Maine.

The undersigned Nathan Webb Attorney of the
United States Of America for the District of Maine
duly authorized agent of said United States for this
purpose. respectfully represents that the United
States aforesaid are DESTROYS of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of land
ty OF Cumberland, within the limits of the State of
Maine, particularly bounded and described as fol-
ows:-Beginnng at the sea shore at the Northeasery
CT lot of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the Southeastern
corner of the parcel of land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa L. Webster to George c. Thomp-
son. dated March 23d, 1919 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry of Deeds, Book 216, Page 1885, thence
Westerly and fivelinks; thence still fol-
lowing said division line North Westerly with an in
chded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with an included
angle of hundred and thirty eight degrees four
hundred and fortyeight feet more or less to COP
per bolt set in rock thence North Easterly with an
included angle of one hundred and twenty degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more or less to low
water mark; thence by low water mark following the
shore to the first bounds: said described parcel of
land containing about thirteen acres
Ihat the sole owner of said described tract of
land is supposed to be one George c.. Thompson, a
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable Of con-
yeying the same to the said United States.
That the said George c, Thompson owner as aiore-
said of said tract of land from disagreement in re-
gard to the price Of the same or from some other
cause to this applicant and to the said United States
unknown. hath refused and still refuses to convey
said tract of land to said United States
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
your 10 order
of this application conormabe with the provisions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine en-
titled ''An Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites al
light stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February IS, 1871, as amended by an act
entitled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty of the private laws Of thousand eight
hundred and seventy-one, relating to light houses
approved February 90 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract of
landl lies, once in each week for the space of four
months, whchSnotice shall contain an accurate de-
scption of said tract of land together with the name
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to forward on day to
be specified in said notice and file their objections IL
any they should haye to the proposed purchase.
And this applicant. in behalf of said United States
further prays, that on the return day specified in said
notice, jury may be empannelled in the manner
now provided by law to the value of said tract
OF land at its fair market value, and all damages sus-
tanned by the owner of the lands so appropriated bv
reason of such appropriation; and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance of
the aforesaid acts of the Legislature of the State of
Maine as may be requisite to convey to said United
States Of America good and absolute title to the
above described tract of land against all persons
whatsoever: and so will ever pray
Dated at Portland, in the County of Cumberland
the tw 7nty-nnth day Of October, A. D. 1872. N'
... NATHAN WEBB,
Attorney of the United States for the District of