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The New Hampshire Gazette
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
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Commissioners for settling the St. Croix boundary met in Halifax in August, appointed Egbert Benson as third commissioner. On September 25, they convened at Passamaquoddy Bay, took oaths, appointed Edward Winslow as secretary, reviewed memorials, inspected rivers, ordered surveys, and adjourned to Boston.
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We learn that the two original Commissioners for settling the St. Croix boundary met at Halifax in August last and made choice of the Hon. Egbert Benson, Esq. of New York, as the third Commissioner. That Judge Benson on the 25th of September met the other Commissioners at Passamaquoddy Bay. The board then took the oath required by the Treaty, and appointed Edward Winslow, Esq. their Secretary. The Board then continued in session received and decided upon several Memorials delivered in by the Agent for the United States, and by the Agent for his Britannic Majesty. The Commissioners went to and took a view of the mouths of the two Rivers contended for by the parties, and having ordered surveys of them, and of the bay into which they empty their waters, and having made arrangements for a final hearing, adjourned to meet in Boston.
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Passamaquoddy Bay
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25th Of September
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adjourned to meet in boston after reviewing memorials, inspecting rivers, and ordering surveys.
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The two original Commissioners met at Halifax in August last and chose Hon. Egbert Benson as the third. Judge Benson met the others at Passamaquoddy Bay on the 25th of September. The board took the oath required by the Treaty, appointed Edward Winslow as Secretary, received and decided upon several Memorials from the Agents for the United States and his Britannic Majesty, viewed the mouths of the two contended Rivers, ordered surveys of them and the bay, and made arrangements for a final hearing.