Sentence:  By these papers you will learn that the Hon. Rufus McIntire, while engaged in the service of this State as <WSD>land agent</WSD>, in endeavoring to expel from lands bordering on the Aroostook river, in this State, a body of armed men, principally from the British provinces, who were engaged in cutting the timber, in defiance of the authorities of this State, has been seized, with Gustavus G. Cushman and Thomas Bartlett, Esquires, who were aiding the <WSD>land agent</WSD> in this service, and have been transported to Frederickton, the capital of New Brunswick. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A government official responsible for managing public lands.