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Fort Fairfield October 20 1839

Hon[?] Rufus MacIntyre Land Agent &c

Sir

Since I last wrote you I have heard that Mr Pilsbury & others have determined[?] to take their men out of the woods & I believe that generally all persons who had made arrangements to lumber on the disputed[?] territory have concluded[?] to do nothing this winter

The British Land agent is exerting[?] himself to the north of the St Johns and I trust[?] the[?] we have taken will [?] [?] the Settlement[?] of the [?] function[?] and present the Public Lands from[?] being[?] further [?] of timber in this region

The Commissioner[?] returned to [?] last week I understand[?] they found the [?] near the head of the Penobscot river

Two men who went out yesterday Lowell and Grant have been [?] to two dollars per day by by Capt Maddocks

I think it is too much and that $1.50 per day counting[?] Sundays[?] or $45 per mo. would be more [?]

We find great difficulty in getting a road through to the Aroostic road on account of large swamps and I fear we shall get nothing more than a common logging road through this winter

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We had a Snow Storm last night & the weather looks as if we should have more the thermometer[?] stands[?] now at 9 AM at 24°

We may however have some good weather yet before the winter sets[?] in and it would not be without precedent if the winter should set[?] in now and we were obliged[?] to stop were[where?] we are in road making for this season The Fish river road is probably finished[?]

Your obt svt

Wm P Parrott

According to my instructions of Oct 17, 1839 from Capt Wm P Parrott, I left Fort Fairfield 9 of the clock AM same day, four men accompanying me, Wm Buffam, J Powers, J Stanley & Wm Clough, we proceed to the Boundry [Boundary] line by the nearest rout [route], followed the same south arrived within half mile of the trespass road leading from the River St Johns to the river Deshute [De Chute], (camped)

18th proceeded to examine the parts trespass upon about River Deshute [De Chute], found no new depredations committed except the timber (about forty sticks[?]) recently marked (E[?] K 11) we took a N of W direction and hit[?] the road line seen[?] by Capt Maddocks, (camped)

19th proceeded north on the line found the south line of letter D, Messrs Buffam & Powers followed the line west, myself Stanley & Clough east, the land from the Road to the Boundry [Boundary] line is vary [very] low and swampy, I should think Pine timber was vary [very] scarce about this line, we could not find the line marked within fifty rods of the Boundry [Boundary] line, we marked it out &c (camped) 20th commenced surveying on D, the main trespass road crosses the SE corner of D and branches out in every direction on letter C, one branch leaves the main road at the Boundry [Boundary] line and runs