CHAPTER I. THE SAINT CROIX RIVER: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE V. OF THE JAY TREATY. Original Boundaries of the United States. "And that all disputes which might arise in future, on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are, and shall be their boundaries, viz." Such are the introductory words of the second article of the treaty of peace signed at Paris September 3, 1783, by D. Hartley on the part of Great Britain, and by John Adams, B. Franklin, and John Jay on the part of the United States. Then follows the description of the boundaries, which is the same as that contained in the second of the provisional articles of peace signed at Paris November 30, 1782, on the part of Great Britain by Richard Oswald, and on the part of the United States by John Adams, B. Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. This description is as follows: "From the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, Article II. of Treaty viz. that angle which is formed by a line drawn of 1783. due north from the source of Saint Croix River to the Highlands; along the said Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river, to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude; from thence, by a line due west on said latitude, until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake; thence through the middle 1 CHAPTER I. THE SAINT CROIX RIVER: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE V. OF THE JAY TREATY. Original Boundaries of the United States. "And that all disputes which might arise in future, on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are, and shall be their boundaries, viz." Such are the introductory words of the second article of the treaty of peace signed at Paris September 3, 1783, by D. Hartley on the part of Great Britain, and by John Adams, B. Franklin, and John Jay on the part of the United States. Then follows the description of the boundaries, which is the same as that contained in the second of the provisional articles of peace signed at Paris November 30, 1782, on the part of Great Britain by Richard Oswald, and on the part of the United States by John Adams, B. Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens. This description is as follows: "From the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, Article II. of Treaty viz. that angle which is formed by a line drawn of 1783. due north from the source of Saint Croix River to the Highlands; along the said Highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river, to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude; from thence, by a line due west on said latitude, until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy; thence along the middle of said river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of said lake until it strikes the communication by water between that lake and Lake Erie; thence along the middle of said communication into Lake Erie, through the middle of said lake until it arrives at the water communication between that lake and Lake Huron; thence along the middle of said water communication into the Lake Huron; thence through the middle of said lake to the water communication between that lake and Lake Superior; thence through Lake Superior northward of the Isles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake; thence through the middle 1 |