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Description

This manuscript map was created by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, most likely in fulfillment of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. This fragment is similar to a series of maps made between 1843 and 1844 under the commission appointed to determine the borders across the northern frontiers of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York.

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About This Item

• Title: St. John River boundary survey, Little Black River rapids, ca. 1843
• Creator: Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow
• Creation Date: circa 1843
• Subject Date: circa 1843
• Locations:
  • ME
  • NB, Canada
• Media: Ink on paper
• Dimensions: 54 cm x 76 cm
• Local Code: Coll. 26, Map F 17
• Collection: Barclay collection
• Object Type: Text and Image

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Cross Reference Searches

Standardized Subject Headings

• Allagash River (Me.)--Maps, Manuscript.
• Canada--Boundaries--United States--Maps, Manuscript.
• Little Black River (Me.)--Maps, Manuscript.
• Northeast boundary of the United States--Maps, Manuscript.
• Rivers--Maine--Maps, Manuscript.
• Saint John River (Me. and N.B.)--Maps, Manuscript.
• United States--Boundaries--Canada--Maps, Manuscript.

People

• Longfellow, Alexander Wadsworth

Other Keywords

• Aroostook War
• Big Black River
• International Relations
• Jay Treaty
• Northeast boundary dispute
• Treaties
• Treaty of Ghent
• Treaty of Washington
• Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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