HISTORY OF VERMONT. 23 



itude of 45 clep;recs north, and runs upon that 

 parallel, from Lake Champlain to Connecticut 

 river. This line is ninety miles and one quar- * 

 ter of a mile lon^^, and divides this part of the 

 United States from the Province of Canada. 

 Much pains was taken by the Provinces of 

 Newyork and Canada, to ascertain the latitude . 

 of 45 by astronomical observations. This was 

 done by commissioners from both Provinces, in 

 the month of September, 1767. At the place 

 vvhere the line crosses Lake Champlain, they 

 erected a monument of stone, which is } et 

 , standing. The line was afterwards run in the 

 year 1772 by L Carden and L Collins of Que- 

 bec, but with great error. By order of Gover- 

 nor Tichenor, in 1806, 1 examined the situation 

 of this line in the eastern part of the state. By 

 astronomical observations I found the mo- 

 nument they had erected on the eastern bank 

 of lake Memphremagog, was b\ the latitude of 

 44 degrees 53 minutes 46 seconds ; and at 

 Connecticut river, their monument was in the 

 latitude of 44 degrees 47 minutes 59 seconds. 

 Admitting their line to have been run in a 

 straight course, tliis would imply an error of 

 8 degrees 52 minutes 19 seconds in the direc- 

 tion ; and occasions the loss to Vermont of 

 401973 and an half acres of land ; equal to 

 17 44-lOOths townships. The direction of 

 Connecticut river is from the northeast, and on 

 that account if the divisional line was continued 

 on the parallel of 45 degrees till it intersected 

 the river, one or two more tov, nships of land 

 would accrue to Vermont. This line ariseth 

 from the proclamation of George the third, of 



