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script. Passing by those of Mitchell and of Morris, already considered 
(page 230), there was first of all a thoroughly good, modern survey of 
the region from Grand Manan to St. John, made in 1772, by Holland 
and Wright, which is the original for Passamaquoddy in the map ac- 
companying the decision of the Commissioners (Map No. 20). The 
Scoodic had been surveyed to its western source in 1785,! as had 
the Magaguadavic in part, though I have not been able to find when 
or by whom,’ and the results of these surveys are on the New Bruns- 
wick map of 1786 (Map No. 34). For the purposes of the Commis- 
sion, however, a new survey of the rivers to their extreme sources was 
necessary not only for their own information, but also to conform to 
the international agreement under which the commission was chosen. 
Accordingly the agents of the commission had these surveys made, 
the general results of which are shown on the accompanying Commis- 
sioners map (Map No. 20). These surveys occupied nearly two 
years, which is the less surprising when the roughness of the wilder- 
ness county, the slow rate of travel possible on these swift rivers, the 
difficulties of getting supplies up them are considered. The Magagua- 
davic was surveyed by John Peters, as the American surveyor, and 
Isaac Hedden, later by Dugald Campbell, as the British surveyor. 
The journal of the survey by Peters is preserved and in 
possession of Rev. W. O. Raymond and is a document of 
considerable interest. The field book, containing considerable 
information, is also in his possession. Their map was made 
upon a large scale, three-fourths of a mile to an inch; 
there is a copy of it in the Library of the Massachusetts Historical 
Society, into whose hands it came, I believe, with papers belonging to 
Benson. This map has a lasting local interest from the fulness with 
which it preserves the Indian names of localities on the Magaguadavic. 
The Piskahegan Branch was surveyed by Samuel Titcomb, but his 
original map, field books, etc., are unknown to me. The St. Croix was 
of course, much more difficult to survey; it was done by John Harris, 
ol. Millege, Dr. Challoner and Samuel Titcomb. The field book of 

* By John Jones, according to a note in the Boundary MS. The map 
is in the Public Record Office, London. 
* It is stated by Sullivan, in his interesting leter published in the Bulletin 
of the New York Public Library, that this river ‘‘ was again Surveyed as the 
boundary, by General Brattle, Colonel Royal and others under the orders of 
Governor Hutchinson in the year 1770.” This statement is misleading if not 
incorrect, as the ‘ survey ” was a mere visit to the mouth of the river. 
* The elaborate instructions from the Agents to the Surveyors are pre- 
served among the Boundary MS. It was at first intended to have them sur- 
vey also Passamaquoddy Bay, but later Wright’s map of 1772 was accepted 
as the official map of the bay. 
