A Memoir on the North-Eastern Boundary: In Connexion with Mr. Jay's Map (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from A Memoir on the North-Eastern Boundary: In Connexion With Mr. Jay's Map Under those circumstances, a map which had been used by the Hon. John jay, during the negotiation of 1782, and which I had never seen before, was communicated to me and I have obtained the permission of his son, Mr. William jay, to whom it now belongs, to lay it before this Society. It is proper for me to add, that this map, which, since the death of his father, had always remained in the possession of our late President, Mr. Peter A. Jay, had never till now been seen by the present owner, Mr. William jay, to whom it descended with his other papers by the will of his father. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |