Files on the Massachusetts-Rhode Island boundary, 1671-1899 (bulk 1830-1884).

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Files on the Massachusetts-Rhode Island boundary, 1671-1899 (bulk 1830-1884).

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The boundary line between Massachusetts and Rhode Island was a matter of dispute from colonial times to 1883, when agreement was reached on the northern section of the boundary. The eastern portion of the boundary line was settled by a Supreme Court case decision in 1861. The resolution of the dispute involved a series of commissions appointed by the General Court and the governor over a period of one hundred years, and an earlier Supreme Court case initiated by the state of Rhode Island that was dismissed in 1845. These files were created by the various commissioners and compiled by the state secretary to assist in the resolution of the boundary line dispute. There is also a collection of petitions sent to the General Court's Joint Special Committee on the Boundary in 1846 and 1847 relating to the then proposed boundary line, and a minority report by a member of the 1844 commission. Printed copies of Massachusetts House and Senate documents reporting the work of the 1844 commission as well as printed reports issued by the state of Rhode Island in 1867 and 1880 are also in the file. For related maps see: Massachusetts. Office of the Secretary of State. Maps and plans ((M-Ar)50), no. 579, 2333, 4179; v. 70 (3rd series, 1899).

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