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Declaration..
Report of Mr. Benson....
CHAPTER II.
ISLANDS IN THE BAY OF FUNDY: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE IV.
OF THE TREATY OF GHENT..
Stipulation as to Islands in the Treaty of Peace..
The King-Hawkesbury Convention..
Provisions of the Treaty of Ghent..
Appointment of a Commissioner by Great Britain.
Appointment of a Commissioner by the United States..
Instructions of the British Commissioner
British Commissioner's Doubts as to Grand Menan..
Grant of Nova Scotia to Sir William Alexander..
Commissions of Governors of Nova Scotia.
Organization of the Commission..
Secretary to the Commission..
American and British Agents...
Question as to British Agent's Commission
Claims of the Agents..
Agreements as to Evidence..
Arguments of the Agents..
Replies and Close of Argument..
Agreement of the Commissioners
Signature of the Award
Expenses of the Commission...
Letter of the Commissioners and Text of Award..
Announcement of the Award to Congress
Marking of the Water Boundary
CHAPTER III.
THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE V.
Difficult Nature of Questions to be Decided
Reassembling of Commissioners: American Agent.
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Meetings at New York and Boston: Change in Secretaries.........
Completion of Surveys: Meeting in New York.
Claims and Arguments of Agents.....
Delays and Expenses of the Commission.....
Prospective Disagreement of Commissioners.
Northwest Angle of Nova Scotia .................
Northwesternmost Head of Connecticut River.
Forty-fifth Parallel of North Latitude....
Final Disagreement of Commissioners..
Commissioners' Reports.
Adjournment of Commission
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CHAPTER IV.
THE NORTHEASTERN BOUNDARY: ARBITRATION UNDER THE CON-
VENTION OF SEPTEMBER 29, 1827........
Treaty of Paris of 1763
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Final Instructions of Congress..
Establishment of the Province of Quebec.
Boundaries of Nova Scotia.....
Instructions of Congress for Treaty with Great Britain..
Terms "Atlantic Ocean" and "Sea"
Northwest Angle of Nova Scotia
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Report of Special Committee..
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Negotiations at Paris
Conclusion of the Treaty of Peace...
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Erection of Province of New Brunswick
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Division of Province of Quebec....
American Statement before the Arbitrator..
Question of the "Highlands".
Summary of British Arguments as to the Maine Boundary.
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Mutual Waiver of Award .............
Proposal of Messrs. Livingston and McLane..
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Recommendatory Character of Award: Protest of Mr. Preble....
Negotiations of United States with Maine..
British Proposal for Division of Territory ..
United States' Proposal of the St. John....
State of Case during Van Buren's Administration.
Report of Featherstonhaugh and Mudge.
Suggestion of Mr. Hale....
New Surveys by the United States..
Border Strifes...
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Compensation of Maine and Massachusetts...
Signature of Treaty.
Provisions of the Treaty...
Criticism of Treaty in United States and Great Britain.
Execution of the Provisions of the Treaty....
The "Red Line" Map.......
Map used by American Commissioners in 1782..
Boundary between Canada and New Brunswick.
Interprovincial Arbitration
CHAPTER V.
BOUNDARY THROUGH THE RIVER ST. LAWRENCE AND LAKES ONTA-
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RIO, ERIE, AND HURON: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE VI. OF THE
TREATY OF GHENT.
BOUNDARY FROM LAKE HURON TO THE MOST NORTHWESTERN POINT
OF THE LAKE OF THE WOODS: COMMISSION UNDER ARTICLE VII.
OF THE TREATY OF GHENT....
Rules of Decision: Views of British Commissioner.
Relative Positions of Commnissioners....
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St. George's Island: British Commissioner's Claim..
St. George's Island: American Commissioner's Claims
Line from Isle Royale to Lac la Pluie..........
Isles Philipeaux and the Long Lake
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Kaministiquia River: Claim of American Commissioner.
St. Louis River: Views of American Commissioner..
Pigeon River
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St. Louis River: Claim of British Commissioner...
Disagreement as to St. George's Island
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Agreement on Line from St. George's Island to Isle Royale
Disagreement as to Line from Isle Royale to Lac la Pluie.....
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CLES XXXIV.-XLII. OF THE TREATY OF MAY 8, 1871
Boundary from Lake of the Woods to Rocky Mountains
Boundary Westward of Rocky Mountains..
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