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Amount of manufactures in Maine, Massachusetts, and the
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SURVEY OF MAINE.

CHAPTER I.

Extent and Boundaries.

The State of Maine, extending from 43° 5' to 48° north latitude, and from 66° 49' to 70° 55' west longitude from London, is bounded on the west by the State of New-Hampshire, from which it is separated by Piscataqua river, from the sea to the source of its main branch, a distance of about 35 miles in a direct line; and from thence by a line running north two degrees west, about 115 miles farther, to the highlands, which in this place divide the United States from Canada.This line was run and marked in the year 1741, by Walter Bryant, under the direction of Governor Belcher, but it appearing that Massachusetts, though equally interested with New-Hampshire, had no voice in the establishment of the line; and that Bryant, the surveyor, had made some mistakes in running the line, and also in the place which he assumed as the true source of the river Piscataqua, from which the line was to proceed, the States of New-Hampshire and Maine have adopted measures for its revision and adjustment, which it is understood have resulted in an amicable agreement between the commissioners of the two States, appointed for that purpose; and it now remains only to be ratified by their respective Legislatures.

On the south this State extends from Kittery point, at the entrance of Piscataqua river, to Quoddy-head at the entrance

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