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Northeast Boundary Commission papers [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1814-1828.

Reference:

R13224-0-5-E

Type of material:

Textual material

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3963026

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Northeast Boundary Commission papers
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Date(s):

1814-1828.

Place of creation:

United States

Added country of publication:

Canada

Extent:

10 microfilm reels.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of papers of the commission created under Article 5 of the Treaty of Ghent to establish the northeast boundary between Canada and the U.S. The collection consists of misc. documents, memorials, maps, and journals kept by surveyors employed by British and U.S. agents, and accounts of expenses incurred by British agent Ward Chipman and by U.S. agent William C. Bradley. Also included are astronomer Ferdinand Hassler's testimony upon the "geocentric latitude," correspondence between agents and surveyors and with secretary to the commission Salma Hale, and reports of commissioners Cornelius P. Van Ness and Thomas Barclay.

The fonds is organized into the following series:
I. Commissions, instructions, and oaths, 1814-1820
II. Minutes and correspondence, 1816-1828
III. Memorials and reports, 1818-1822
IV. Financial records, 1817-1822
A. British accounts, 1817-1821
B. American accounts, 1817-1821
C. Secretary's accounts, 1820-1822
V. Field journals and accounts, 1817-1819

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Northeast Boundary Commission

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Northeast Boundary Commission : The Northeast Boundary Commission was created under Article 5 of the Treaty of Ghent (1814) to establish the northeast boundary between Canada and the United States. The commission operated from 1816 to 1822.

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(Electronic) Consult the finding aid on the Internet website of the Massachussets Historical Society at the following address: http://www.masshist.org/findingaids/doc.cfm?fa=fa0259 (90: Open)

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General note:

Microfilming of the documents was done in 2005, thanks to financial assistance provided by the Cultural Affairs office of the United States Embassy to Canada.

Location of originals note:

Originals are kept by the Massachusetts Historical Society, call number P-756.

Related material:

See also the Northeast Boundary papers (R-13223) and a file on Northeast Boundary Commissioners in Great Britain National Archives-Foreign Office: FO97. Supplement to General Correspondence (MG16-FO97).

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Microfilm reel [R13224] M-9625--M-9634

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