MISCELLANEOUS. 1203 



ISLES OF SHOALS. 



From 16 14 to the Revolutionary Controversy. 

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MASSACHUSETTS. 



From 1614 to the Revolutionary Controversy. 

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NEW ENGLAND. 



From tlie commencement of the Revolutionary Controversy to the Declara- 

 tion of Independence. 



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THE UNITED STATES, 



From the Declaration of Independence to the year 1852. 

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THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



From the settlement of New England to the year 1852. 

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THE HERRING FISHERY. 



From its commencement to the year 1852. 

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THE HALIBUT FISHERY. 

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PART IV. HISTORICAL VIEW OF THE CONTROVERSY AS TO THE INTENT 

 AND MEANING OF THE FIRST ARTICLE OF THE CONVENTION OF 

 1818. 



The documents submitted by the President, in answer to the reso- 

 lution of the Senate of July 23, 1852, embracing as they do the able 

 and spirited defence of our rights, by Mr. Everett, never before pub- 

 lished, as well as several other papers of interest, afford much valuable 

 information. But yet, it is apparent that our archives are singularly 

 deficient in documentary evidence to show both sides of the contro- 

 versy as it really exists. We have already seen that the loyalists, or 

 "tories," opposed any stipulations whatever, at the peace of 17S3, and 

 we are now to find that the principal cause of our difficulties since that 



