The Portland daily press., 1873-02-05
D. W. FEssENDrN. Clerk.


To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
w one of the Ju .tires Of the snprrme Ju-
The undersigned, Nathan Webb ATTORNEY of the
United States OF America, for the District Of Maine,
duly authorized agent Of said United States for Ibis
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 iol-
lows-Beginnngat The shore at the Northeasterly
corner ct lo OF Land rec nty conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the Southeasterly
corner of parcel Of an described in and conveyed
Son. dated March 23d, 1910 an rec 1rded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds, Book 216, Page 465, thence
Sy the division Line between said two Eeces Of an
lowing said division line Nor Yves erly with an in
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
the ledge; thence, North Easterly with an included
angie Of one hundred and thirty-eight degrees four
per bolt set in rock thence North Eas ss with SG an
included angle one hundred aud twenty-sx degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more o. lers 70 low
wafer mark thence by low water mark following the
shore to the fist boun Is: said described parcel Of
LAM containing about thirteen acres. 5a
That the sole owner of said described tract of
land Is supposed TO be one George G. Thompson
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable Ct con-
veying the same to the said United States.
That thcsail George c, Thompson, owner as asore
SAID OF said tract Of land, from disagreement in
gard to the price of the same, or from son other
cause to this applicant and he said United States
unknown. hath refused and still refuses to convey
sal tract OIL Ian to sal | Unite States =
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
States respectfully prays your Houor to order moi lee
OF this arlication cenformabe with the Pre- visions of
the Act Of the Legislature of the State Of Maine en-
Titled An Act for the rcliuquisbment to the United
states III certain eases of tle to lands for sites of
nght stations on the coast and waters Of the State
approved FeDruary is, 1871 as amended by an oc+
emitted IAN Act TO amend Chapter six hundr.~, o~d
sorty- nine OF the private laws Of one thouse- al ~
hundred anil seventy lone, relating to light housas
approved February 90 1872 to be publ 1hed in sore
newspaper In Portland, nearest to Where sd tract Of
and lies, once In each week for che space of four
months, which ns,ice shall contain accurate de-
as Of saad tract Of land together with the nav
OF tne supposed owner, and shall require all persons
interested In said lands to come forward on day 10
DC specihed in said notice and file heir Objections
any tney should have, TO the proposed purchase = :
Ana this applicant. In behalf OF said United States
fur her pravs that the return day specified in aid
notice, 1u y may be empanneled In the manner
now provJ III by law to the value of said tract
on and at us fair market value and all DAMAGES sus
taIped by the owner Of the lands so apropri5ted Nv
reascA 2f such appropriation; and that such other
an miNier procee ings may be had in pursuance of
tne asTes-fd acts OF the Legislature of h, STATE IF
MIL as may be requisite to convey TO said United
State of Anne fla good and absolute title TO the
above deserfbed tract Of land against all persons
whatsoever and SO will ever pray.
Dated at Port land, In the County OF Cumber,.nd
ths twenty-ninth day If October, A. D. 1877 -""''
NATHAN WE'RE
Attorney of the United States for the Dist,ict of
Maina. -os'AS" "a