Liberia ^ 



the boundary was to be carried north along the loth meridian 

 of Paris to the intersection of the yth degree of N. Lat., 

 and from this point in a north-westerly direction till the 

 (supposed) latitude of Tembi Kunda was reached, after which 

 the boundary was carried due west along the latitude of Tembi 

 Kunda till it intersected the British frontier near that place. 

 At that time it was supposed by both French and English that 

 Tembi Kunda was situated in about Lat. 8° 35'. Subsequent 

 surveys, however, show that Tembi Kunda is in about 9° 5'. 

 All these lines drawn by latitudes and longitudes from 7° N. Lat. 

 to Tembi Kunda were, however, to be inflected and diverted 

 should they conflict with the basin of the Niger and its affluents, 

 all of which was to belong to France. It was also decided 

 that the Mandingo towns of " Bamaquilla " and " Mahom- 

 modou " should belong to Liberia, while " Mousardou " and 

 " Naalah " should belong to France. 



Disadvantageous as this treaty was in some directions to 

 Liberia, it, at any rate, coupled with the Sierra Leone settlement, 

 enabled the territory of Liberia to appear on maps of Africa 

 with some greater definiteness of outline and without the 

 fantastic zigzags introduced by Anderson's surveys. 



President Hilary Johnson ^ (whose Government had been 

 chiefly responsible for negotiating this frontier treaty with 

 France) retired from the Presidency before it was concluded, 

 on January ist, 1892, and was succeeded by President Joseph 

 James Cheeseman, who occupied the chief magistracy till his 

 death in November, 1896. Cheeseman was succeeded by 

 William David Coleman, first as Vice-President and later 

 as President. 



1 Johnson died in 1898. He had received several decorations from European 

 Powers and was much respected. After his retirement from the Presidency he took 

 up the position of Postmaster-General. 



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