Administrative files relating to the eastern boundary of the United States, 1782-1849.

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Administrative files relating to the eastern boundary of the United States, 1782-1849.

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Under successive authorizations, the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands (1783-1801) and the Land Office were the primary agencies with responsibility for the management and sale of public lands in Maine on behalf of the Commonwealth. This responsibility invested in these agencies a direct interest in the protracted negotiations surrounding the establishment of the northeastern boundary setting Maine apart from the British provinces. Consisting of correspondence (original and copied), reports, depositions, and extracts from various source documents, these administrative files were assembled as Massachusetts sought to protect her proprietary rights to public lands in Maine.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Archives

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Hamlin, Hannibal, 1809-1891

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Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809 – July 4, 1891) was an American attorney and politician from the state of Maine. In a public service career that spanned over 50 years, he served as the 15th vice president of the United States. The first Republican to hold the office, Hamlin served from 1861 to 1865. He is considered among the most influential politicians to have come from Maine. A native of Paris, Maine (part of Massachusetts until 1820), Hamlin managed his father's farm before becoming a ne...

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The abolition of the Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands did not signify a lack of interest in the development of Maine lands on the part of the Commonwealth. When the committee was abolished in June 1801, the General Court authorized the appointment of two land agents (Resolves 1801, c 46), who were directed to complete all contracts undertaken by the original committee, and to perform all other duties characteristic of it. With this action the legislature gave form to a land a...

Massachusetts. Committee for the Sale of Eastern Lands.

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