Papers relating to the claims of Maine upon the government of the United States under the Treaty of Washington.

[Augusta, Maine?] : Stevens & Blaine, Printers, [1857]

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Includes a letter of transmittal from Maine governor Hannibal Hamlin, to the Maine House of Representatives, dated Feb. 17, 1857, transmitting information from George M. Weston, "commissioner from Maine, to present the claims of that state under the fourth article of the Treat of Washington." (Page [5]).
Papers relating to the claims of Maine upon the government of the United States under the Treaty of Washington, 1857. The Treaty of Washington was related to a land dispute between the United States and Great Britain. Weston notes that the United States government should take action on the treaty, but left action to Maine and Massachusetts. Other issues include the validity of land grants, citizens deprived of property, and indemnification of private property. The case Little vs. Watson (decision published 1852) is discussed; "the principle of the decision in Little vs. Watson, unquestionably applies to the case of possessory claims arising more than six years before the date of the treaty." (Page 9).

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