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[Manuscript maps that were assembled by Egbert Benson and sent in 1802 to Rufus King, United States minister to Great Britain, in order to facilitate negotiations over disputed international boundary between Maine and New Brunswick].
Scales differ.
[1802?]
4 ms. maps :
some hand col. ; 32 x 31 cm. or smaller.
Depths shown by soundings on Champlain's map of Saint Croix Island and vicinity.
Champlain's map of Saint Croix Island and vicinity in French. Other 3 maps in English.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Dealer's catalog: Each [map] possibly executed by a different hand.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor.
Accompanied by manuscript explaining 1798 decision on location of Saint Croix River (7 sheets ; each 31 x 21 cm.), manuscript letter from Benson to unidentified recipient (1 sheet ; 26 x 21 cm.), cover sheet bearing manuscript title of "Case/St. Croix boundary/sent to R.K. by the author E.B." (1 sheet ; 22 x 36 cm.), and folder (24 x 32 cm.) and sheet (28 x 22 cm.) bearing typed description of the maps and text.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
[Colored map of border region extending from Saint Lawrence River to Passamaquoddy Bay that was "copied from Mitchell's map"] -- [Uncolored copy of Champlain's 1613 indexed map of Saint Croix Island and vicinity] -- [Uncolored map of Saint Croix Island (designated "Bone Island") and vicinity in 1797] -- Map of Passamaquaddy [i.e. Passamaquoddy] Bay from actual survey : [uncolored map of Passamaquoddy Bay and vicinity based on surveys by Benjamin Richards Jones].
Imperfect: Brittle, stained.
Maine
Boundaries
New Brunswick
Maps.
New Brunswick
Boundaries
Maine
Maps.
Saint Croix Island (Me.)
Maps.
Saint Croix River Region (Me. and N.B.)
Maps.
Passamaquoddy Bay Region (N.B. and Me.)
Maps.
Manuscript maps.
Benson, Egbert,
1746-1833.
King, Rufus,
1755-1827.
Mitchell, John,
1711-1768.
Champlain, Samuel de,
1574-1635.
Jones, B. R.
(Benjamin Richards),
active 1804-1810.
United States
Maine.
Canada
New Brunswick.
United States
Maine
Saint Croix Island.
United States
Maine
Saint Croix River Region.
Canada
New Brunswick
Saint Croix River Region.
United States
Maine
Passamaquoddy Bay River Region.
Canada
New Brunswick
Passamaquoddy Bay River Region.
Library of Congress
Geography and Map Division
Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
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