DOCUMENTS BEARING ON TREATY OF 1783. 21 



AMENDMENT B. 



East, by a line to be settled and adjusted between that part of the 

 state of Massachusetts Bay, formerly called the Province of Maine, 

 and the Province of Nova Scotia, agreeably to their respective rights. 



AMENDMENT C. 6 



Comprehending all the Islands in the Atlantic Ocean lying con- 

 tiguous to or within 20 leagues of any part of the shores of the United 

 States from the north easterly limits on the sea of East Florida to 



the South westerly bounds on the sea of Nova Scotia. 

 12 In the 4th prop. : Strike out the words " as low down as the 



Southern boundary of the United States." Second head, prop. 

 3d : Strike out the words " if adequate compensation therefore can be 

 obtained." 



Page 3d, line 2d : from the bottom, strike out the words " six thou- 

 sand." 



Page 4th, line 3d : insert the words " and guaranteed," line 4th : 

 strike out the words " and, the possessions and sovereignty thereof 

 forever guaranteed." 



Resolved. That on Wednesday Congress be resolved into a Com- 

 mittee of the Whole to consider farther the report of the Committee 

 on communications, &c. 



******* 



1779, March 17. . . . Congress was resolved into a Committee 

 of the Whole, and after some time, the President resumed the chair, 

 and Mr. F[rancis] L[ightfoot] Lee reported that the committee have 

 had under their farther consideration the report of the committee on 

 the communications from the Minister of France, and have come to 

 sundry resolutions thereon, which he was ready to report. 

 The report from the Committee of the Whole being read, 

 That the thirteen united states are bounded North by a line drawn 

 from the north west angle of the boundary of Nova Scotia along 

 the highlands, which divide the rivers that empty themselves into 

 the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic to 

 Connecticut river, thence down that river to the 45th degree of north 

 latitude, thence in that latitude to the river St. Lawrence, thence to 

 the south end of the lake Nipissing and thence to the source of the 

 Mississippi. West, by a line drawn along the middle of the river 

 Mississippi from its source to that part of the said river which lies 

 in latitude 31 degrees north from the equator, then by a line drawn 

 due east to the river Apalachicola or Catahouche, thence to the 

 junction thereof with the flint river, thence in a strait line to the head 

 of St. Mary's river, and thence by a line along the middle of St. 

 Mary's river to the Atlantic Ocean: East by a line drawn along 

 the middle of the river St. John from its mouth to its source or by 



a B. East, by a line drawn along the middle of the River St. Johns from its 

 source to its mouth or By 



6 C. Comprehending all Islands within twenty leagues of any part of the 

 shores of the United States between lines drawn due East from the points 

 where their boundary Hues between Nova Scotia on the one part and Florida 

 on the other part shall touch the Atlantic Ocean. 



92909 S. Doc. 870, 61-3, YO! 7 7 



