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agreed by all three commissioners to accept as a compromise the eastern 
or Chiputneticook branch, but to its extreme source, a choice which was 
satisfactory also to both agents, and which finally determined the present 
boundary. 
This northern branch, I believe (and shall presently give reasons 
therefor), was, from all points of view, the rightful branch, and it is 
therefore a very happy circumstance that it was chosen, even though by 
compromise rather than deliberate selection. But the fact that the west- 
ern was claimed and to some extent allowed, has made recent writers 
on the British side claim that that branch should have been chosen, 
precisely upon the same psychological basis as some American writers 
still believe the Magaguadavic should have been selected. 
Thus ended the work of this able commission, establishing our 
present boundary from Joe’s Point near St. Andrews to the monument 
at the head of the Chiputneticook. There are, however, certain minor 
questions connected with the subject, needing discussion here, including 
the reasons for the selection of the St. Croix instead of the Penobscot, 

now in my possession. He says :—“ Being in this state of anxiety respecting 
the proposed decision [viz., to select the outlet of the easternmost Scoodic 
Lake], I received proposals from the American agent for an accommodation, 
the nature of which will be seen in a copy which is enclosed of my letter to 
Mr. Liston the British minister, who was fortunately passing through Provi- 
dence on the day on which the declaration was to have been signed. As Mr. 
Ldston’s answer of which a copy is also enclosed was favorable to my opinion 
and wishes, I assented to the proposal made by the agent of the United 
States, and the Commissioners who had agreed in the first decision as above 
mentioned, consented in conformity to the suggestion and agreement of the 
Agents to adopt the extreme northwestern source of the Chiputnaticook 
branch iin lieu of the branch and source originally decided upon.” 
Sullivan’s version is given by Moore, 27, 28, foot-note. As to the two 
agents, something further may be said in this connection. Sullivan was not 
only a man of unusual ability, but he had ample expert assistance provided 
by Massachusetts to aid him in his researches and in preparing his case. He 
had access also to the best collections of books and records in America. Chip- 
man was isolated from all records and unaided, though his specific requests 
for books, etc., were all fully met by the authorities in England. His letters 
now in MS. in the possession of Mr. Raymond show how anxious he was as 
to the outcome. ‘The decision of the Commission was a triumph for him at 
every point except the selection of the outlet of the Scoodic Lakes instead of 
their source, and this decision was reached upon grounds entirely apart from 
anything that arose in the controversy itself. The general result, however, 
while in great part due to the ability with which Chipman presented his case, 
was also mainly the result of the fact that his contention rested on the solid 
basis of verity. His letters show that he felt pleased and upon the whole 
satisfied with the result, and Sullivan appears not to have been dissatisfied, 
as indeed he had no reason to be since he made the very best of an impossible 
case. 
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