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was an ideal commission and a triumph for this method of settling 
such disputes. 
We must consider now the cartographical and some other minor 
aspects of this commission and its decisions. The best published maps 
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Map No. 27. Kitchin, 1794. From original: full size. 
in existence at the time it began its labours was the Kitchin Map of 
1794 (Map No. 27), and the DesBarres Map of 1780 (Map No. 15), 
both of them quite worthless to the Commission. Certain surveys had 
however been made in this region, though their results were in manu- 
