[bourxnot] BQILDERS OF NOVA SCOTIA I97 



The original certificate of deposit was of course retained by the Secretary 

 of tlhe Treasury of the U. S. and has been framed and preserved among- the 

 archives of Government " as a memorial of the amicable settlement of the 

 difference between the two countries without resort to arms." Each endorser 

 of the receipt received a facsinmile of the original document, and the one I 

 reproduce in this book was in the possession of Mrs. Charles Archibald, 

 daughter of the Consul-General, until she gave me permission to copy it, and 

 then "hand it over to the public archives of Canada. 



