I04 FOREST commissioner's REPORT. 



By resolve of November 30, 1785, John Brooks was added tc 

 the Committee in place of Nathan Dane. 



By resolve of November 16, 1786, Leonard Jarvis and Rufus 

 Putnam were added to the Committee. "Any two of whom by 

 consent of the majority are hereby empowered to transact and 

 complete any business that is or may be assigned to the Com- 

 mission by virtue of the aforementioned or other resolves." 



By resolve of March 26, 1788, John Read and Dr. Daniel 

 Cony were made members of the Committee. 



By resolve of June 19, 1801, the Committee for the sale of. 

 Eastern Lands were discharged and John Read and Peleg Coffin 

 were appointed agents for the Commonwealth with all powers 

 that the Committee possessed. 



By resolve of March 15, 1805, William Smith was appointed 

 agent in place of Peleg Cofhn. 



Other resolves relative to this subject are: 

 Resolve of February 2.^], 1813, 

 Resolve of June 13, 181 7, 

 Resolve of June 17, 1820, 

 Resolve of January 30, 1823, 

 Resolve of June 13, 1823, 

 Resolve of February 22, 1828, 

 Resolve of March 14, 1832. 

 In 1819 James Malcolm, acting under the Land Office, sur- 

 veyed the islands lying outside the limits of the Waldo Patent 

 returning plans and description of same which are now on file 

 at the Land Office. 



I have gone into this matter of Massachusetts resolves creat- 

 ing this Commission and Agents, and changing its personnel 

 from time to time, quite extensively because under them that 

 great mass of islands from the Penobscot to the St. Croix were 

 surveyed and very many of the larger and important ones sold ; 

 the deeds bearing the signatures of these various members of 

 this Commission. Some 150 islands, outside of those grants 

 made of groups which contain large numbers of islands, such as 

 the Fox Islands and Mt. Desert, were made by Massachusetts 

 prior to the Separation. A large number of these often being 

 sold to one person. 



