36 SITUATION, BOUNDARIES, EXTENT. 



sent the boundaries of the State stand thus: — From South 

 Carohna it is divided by a Hne extending from the sea or the 

 mouth of the river Savannah, along the northern branch or 

 stream thereof, to the fork or confluence of the rivers now 

 called Tugalo and Keowee, and from thence along the most 

 northern branch or stream of the river Tugalo, until it inter- 

 sects the northern boundary of South Carolina. From North 

 Carolina and Tennessee it is separated by a line commencing 

 on a summit of the Blue Ridge, v^^here the same is crossed by 

 the 35th degree North Latitude, and terminating at Nickajack. 

 From Alabama by the Chattahoochee, and a line run and mark- 

 ed from Nickajack to Miller's Bend on the Chattahoochee. The 

 boundaries between Florida and Georgia are not yet definitely 

 settled. In 1827 a disagreement took place between the Uni- 

 ted States and the Commissioners of Georgia as to the extreme 

 points in the boundary line between this State and Florida, on 

 account of which further progress in the survey was suspend- 

 ed. Under the treaty with Spain, in 1795, the geographical 

 points were assumed as having been determined by Mr. Elli- 

 cot; and when, during the year 1827, it was determined to ex- 

 amine it again, the question recurred as to the correct points 

 of beginning and termination. Gov. Randolph inclined to 

 place them at EUicot's Mounds, and Mr. Spalding at other 

 portions which he considered more truly the head of St. Mary's 

 river in the one case, and the mouth of the Flint in the other. 

 Things remained so until the session of the Legislature in 

 1827, when a resolution was passed proposing to the General 

 Government to determine the boundaries by the mutual char- 

 ters of Georgia and Florida, instead of the treaty of San Lo- 

 renzo el Real. 



Length from North to South, 372 miles. 



Breadth from East to West, 256 " 



Square miles, 63,397^ 



Square acres, 40,574,400 



