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Documents Relating To The Boundary Line Between Maine And New Brunswick, George W. Coffin, Henry Clay, Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts Legislature
Documents Relating To The Boundary Line Between Maine And New Brunswick, George W. Coffin, Henry Clay, Levi Lincoln, Massachusetts Legislature
Maine Bicentennial
In 1825, the Legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in concurrence with the Legislature of the State of Maine, requested that George W. Coffin, the Land Agent for the State of Maine, "...take effectual measures to ascertain the extent of the depredations committed on the lands belonging to this Commonwealth and the State of Maine, by whom the same have been committed, and under what authority, if any, such depredations have been made, and all other facts necessary to bring the offenders to justice, also to make and execute good and sufficient deeds, conveying to the settlers on the undivided …