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25th Congress, 
 2d Session. 
 
 [ Doc. No. 403. ] 
 
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 MASSACHUSETTS LEGISLATURE— NORTHEASTERN 
 
 BOUNDARY. 
 
 RESOLUTIONS 
 
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 LEGISLATURE OF MASSACHUSETTS, 
 Concerning the Northeastern Boundary. 
 
 May 21, 1838. 
 Committed to the same Committee of the Whole to which is committed bill on the same subject. 
 
 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. 
 Resolves concerning the Northeastern boundary. 
 
 Resolved, That the claim of Great Britain to all the territory in the 
 State of Maine lying north of Mars hill and the tributary waters of the 
 Penobscot, is totally inconsistent with the treaty of peace of seventeen 
 hundred and eighty-three ; and will, if persisted in, inevitably tend to 
 disturb the friendly relations now subsisting between that Government 
 and the Government of the United States. 
 
 Resolved, That no power delegated by the constitution to the Govern- 
 ment of the United States authorizes them to cede to a foreign nation any 
 territory lying within the limits of either of the States in the Union. 
 
 Resolved, That the proposition made by the late Executive of the 
 United States to the British Government, to seek for "the highlands" west 
 of the meridian of the source of the river St. Crcix, is a departure from 
 the express language of the treaty of peace, an infringement of the rights 
 of Massachusetts and Maine, and as its consummation involves a cession 
 of State territory, is in derogation of ihc constitution of the United States. 
 
 Resolved, That the proposition recently made by the present national 
 Executive to the Government of Maine, 'to substitute a "conventional 
 line" for the line described in the treaty, is calculated to sirengthen the 
 claim of Great Britain, impair the honor of the United States, and put in 
 jeopardy the interest of Massachusetts and Maine. 
 
 Resolved, That Congress be requested to cause the northeastern sec- 
 tion of Maine to be speedily explored, and the boundary-line described 
 in the treaty to be established. 
 
 Resolved, That his excellency the Governor be requested to transmit 
 a copy of these resolves and the accompanying report to the Executive of 
 t he United State s and of the several States ; and, also, to each of our 
 Thomas Allen, print. 
 
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 speedy termination. 
 Passed : 
 
 Passed ; 
 
 House of Repuesextatives, .^prtl 13, 1838. 
 ROBERT C. WINTHROP, Speaker. 
 In Senate, April 14, 1838. 
 MYRON LAWRENCE, President. 
 
 April 19, 1838. Approved : 
 
 EDWARD EVERETT. 
 
 A true ccpy — Attest : 
 
 * JOHN P. BIGELOW, 
 Secretary of the Commonwealth. 
 
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