The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-03-19
D. W. FEssENDEN, Clerk
To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Justices of the Supreme J u
diciaI Court of the State of Maine.

To the Honorable Charles w. Walton
one of the Ju ustices 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
States Aforesaid are desrous Of purchasing for the
erection of fort and battery certain tract of land
situated in the town of Cape Elizabeth, in the Coun
Maine, particularly bounded and described as lol-
the shore at the Northeasterly
corner CT lo OF land recently conveyed to the Unit
ed States by Asa T. Webster, and the Sousheasterly
of the parcel of land described in and conveyed
by deed from Asa I. Webster to George c. Thomp-
son, dated March 3d. 1849 and recorded in Cumber-
land Registry OF Deeds, Book PIG, Page 465 thence
by the division line between said two pieces of land
Westerly rods and five links; thence still fol-
cluded angle of one hundred and eighteen degrees
and thirty minutes ten rods to copper bolt set in
angie Of one hundred and thirty-eieht degrees four
hundred and forty-eight feet more less to cop
per bolt set in rock thence North Easterly with
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 c. Thompson, a
resident of said Cape Elizabeth and capable OF
veying the same to the said United States.
That the said George G, Thompson, owner as afore-
said of said tract of land, from disagreement. in
gard to the price Of the same, from some other
cause to this applicant and to he said United States
unknown. hath refused and still refuses to convey
sail tract of land to sal Unitel States.
Wherefore this applicant in behalf OF said United
States respectfully prays your H0nor to order notice
of this application conformabe with the pre- visions of
the Act of the Legislature of the State Of Maine en-
titled can Act for the renquisbment to the United
States in certain of title to lands for sites
light stations on the coast and waters of the State
approved February 49, 1871, as amended by an act
entitled "An Act to amend Chapter six hundred and
forty nine 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 norice shall contain accurate de-
scrpton said tract of land together with the
of the supposed owner and shall require all persons
interested in said lands to come forward day to
be specified in said notice and file their obectiops, if
any they should have, to the proposed purchase.
And this applicant. in behalf of said United States,
furh prars that on the return day specified in said
notice. a ju y may be empannelled in the manner
now provJ ,d by law to the value OF said tract
of land at its fair market value, and all damages sus
taiDed by the of the lands so appropriated by
reason Of such appropriation; and that such other
and further proceedings may be had in pursuance OF
the aforesaid of the Legislature of the State Of
Main as may be requisite to convey to said United
state Of Anne ria, good and absolute title to the
ABOVE escribed tract of land against all persons
"Taesoever; Ra and SO will ever pray.
A., Ddteu at portland, in the County of Cumberland,
'h7 wv w'nty-ninth day Of October, A. D. 1872
Attorney of the United States for the District of