Papers concerning the 'Line of demarcation between the BritishTerritory & that of the United States & Mexico', 1815-1816 (Series 88.05) - No. 0006

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Line to be drawn along the middle of the said River Mississipi, until it shall intersect the northernmost part of the thirty-first degree of North latitude. South by a line to be drawn due East from the determination of the line last mentioned, in the latitude of thirty-one degrees North of the Equator, to the middle of the River Apalachicola or Catahouche; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint River; thence strait to the head of St Mary's River, and thence down along the middle of St Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean. East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St Croix, from it's mouth in the Bay of Fundy to it's Source; and from its Source directly North to the aforesaid Highlands, which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from those which fall into the River St Lawrence. Comprehending all Islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn