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pointed in pursuance of a resolve for that purpose, and who was also instructed to communicate such other information in regard to the Northeastern boundary as was considered for the interest of the State. Copies of the same resolutions, together with other documents relating to the subject, have been forwarded to the Governours of the several States, and to each of the members of the present Congress. In compliance with the recommendations of the Executive of the United States, repeatedly and ardently expressed, the government of Maine has uniformly refrained from the forcible exertion of jurisdiction over those portions of the disputed, territory where it would necessarily lead to collision with the British authorities and have continued with confidence to rely upon the General Government for the enforcements of our rights and the protection of the territory, which we not only claim, but know to be within the limits of Maine.