The Portland daily press., 1873-02-14
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
enc of the Justice s of the Supreme Ju.
dicial Court of the State of Maine.

10 the honorable Charles w. walton
enc of the Justices of the Supreme J u.
dicial 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 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-
lows-Begnningat the shore at the Northeasterly
CT lot of land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster and the Southeasterly
corner of the parcel land described in and
by deed from Asa L. Webster to George G. Thomp-
son, dated March 23d, 1S49 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds, Book PIG, Page 1885, thence
Westerly fftytwo rods and five links thence still fol-
lowing said division line, North Westerly with in
cluded 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 one hundred and thirty-eght degrees four
hundred and forty feet more or less to cop
per bolt set in rock; thence North Easterly with an
Included angle of one hundred and twenty-sx degrees
three hundred and thirty feet more OF 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. ~
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 Of con-
veying the same to the said United States
That the said George g, Thompson, owner as afore-
gard to the price of the same, or from some other
cause to this applicant and to the said United States
uilkuOWI, HALL reluSeu anu btlu refuses 10 convey
said tract OF land to said United States.
Wherefore this applicant in behalf of said United
States respectfully prays your Honor to order notice
of this application conformabe with the pre- visions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine
titled can Act for the REIMBURSEMENT to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites of
light stations tho coast and waters of the State"
approved February 49, 1871, as amended by act
entitled can Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
fortynine of the private laws of thousand eight
hundred and seventyone, relating to light houses,
approved February 20, 1872, to be published in some
newspaper in Portland nearest to where said tract of
and lies once in each week for the space of four
months which notice shall contain an accurate de-
scrpion of said tract of land together with the name
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to come forward on day to
be specified in said notice and file their objections if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase
And this applicant, in behalf Of said United States
further prays that the return day specified in said
notice, q jury may be empanneed 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 of the lands SO appropriated by
reason OF such appropriation; and that such other
aud 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
State of Anne RIGA, 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 twenty ninth day of October, A. D. 1872.
NATHAN WEBB
Attorney of the United States for the District of
Ma