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Records, 1814-1827.

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Records, 1814-1827, mainly concerned with the work of the commissioners appointed under the 5th article of the Treaty of Ghent, to determine the U.S.-Canadian border in the eastern region of the two countries, and under the 6th and 7th articles to determine the boundary in the Great Lakes region. The language describing the boundaries in the 1783 treaty between the United States and Great Britain contained ambiguities, and the terrain had not been adequately surveyed. The commissioners appointed under the 5th article were Thomas Barclay, for Great Britain, and Cornelius P. Van Ness for the United States; under the 6th and 7th articles, John Ogilvy, succeeded by Anthony Barclay, for Great Britain, and Peter B. Porter for the United States. The commissioners appointed agents to organize surveys in the disputed regions and report on their findings. The agents appointed under the 6th and 7th articles were Joseph Delafield, for the United States, and J. Hale, for Great Britain; under the 5th article, William C. Bradley, for the United States, and Ward Chipman, for Great Britain. Surveyors appointed under the 5th article were Hiram Burnham, for the United States, and J.L. Tiarks, for Great Britain. The records begin with a volume giving drafts of the treaty antedating the version that was actually signed, then continue with two volumes related to the work of the commissioners appointed under the 6th and 7th articles. A journal of their proceedings includes maps, and detailed records of their disagreements on such issues as how to determine the middle of a body of water, and another volume contains the dissenting report of the United States commissioner, Porter. Because the boundary in this area runs through navigable waterways, the journal includes discussion of the importance of communications by water for both countries. The other volumes deal with the work of the commissioners appointed under the 5th article. They contain reports of surveys of the terrain, and a series of polemical papers exchanged between the agents of the two countries, recording disagreements about issues such as how to read the 1783 treaty, how to calculate latitude, and the decription of some geographical details. The final volume contains the dissenting report of the United States commissioner, Van Ness. Both sets of records include accounts of the expenses incurred by the commissioners and surveyors.

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New-York Historical Society

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Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844

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Porter was a member of the New York State Legislature, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State, a major general in the War of 1812, and United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. From the description of Letter, 1839 February 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407205 Congressman, general of New York State Militia during the War of 1812, and partner in Porter, Barton & Company. ...

Bradley, William Czar, 1782-1867

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Congressman from Vermont, 1813-1815 and 1823-1827. From the description of Letter : Westminster, Vt. to S. Elliot, 1836 Mar. 28. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28837837 ...

Great Britain. Office of the Commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent.

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Chipman, Ward.

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Great Britain. 1783 Sept. 3.

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Burnham, Hiram, b. 1798.

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Tiarks, John Lewis, 1789-1837.

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Barclay, Anthony.

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Hale, J.

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Ogilvy, John, 1769-1819.

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Barclay, Thomas, 1753-1830

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American Loyalist in the Revolution who fled to Nova Scotia, was appointed British Consul-General for the Eastern States of America in 1799, and served as agent for British prisoners of war in the War of 1812. From the description of Papers, 1813-1814. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 22341793 British Commissioner to determine the true "River St. Croix" in 1798 under articles of the Jay Treaty, 1794. Later, he was Commissioner under Articles 4 & 5 of t...

Van Ness, Cornelius P. (Cornelius Peter), 1782-1852

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Governor Vermont, 1823-1826. From the description of Letter, 1821 April 23. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122611420 From the description of Letter, 1821 May 5. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122536950 ...

Delafield, Joseph, 1790-1875

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United States. Office of the Commissioners under the Treaty of Ghent

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Great Britain. 1814 Dec. 24.

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Commissioners were appointed under the 5th, 6th and 7th articles of the Treaty of Ghent to determine the boundaries between the United States and Canada. From the description of Records, 1814-1827. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58773493 ...