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INCIDENTS AT THE 
On the receipt of my letter and the objections of Mr. 
Gray to the proceedings of the Joint Commission and 
the Initial Point as established at 32^ 22', the Secre- 
tary of the Interior, the Hon. Alex. H. H. Stuart, 
requested Mr. Gray “ to remove the only obstacle 
which now exists to the completion of this branch of 
the work, by affixing his signature to the requisite 
papers.” As this and other official documents are 
important for a clear understanding of this question, 
and as they are inaccessible to the large mass of 
readers, I have thought it best to append them at this 
place in the form of notes, without entering into any 
argument on the subject. The official acts establishing 
the Initial Point have been before given, and would 
be incomplete without the following letters, all of 
which have been printed in the documents of the 
United States Senate.” 
^ Mr. Gray’s letter of July 25tti, 1851, containing liis objections to 
the Initial Point may be found in Senate Document No. 119, 32d Con- 
gress, 1st Session, p. 27 9. My letter to Mr. Secretary Stuart, relating 
to tbe Initial Point, is contained in the same document, p. 145. 
Secretary Stuart to Surveyor Gray. 
Department of the Interior, 
October 31, 1851. 
Sir : In relation to the temporary suspension of the work connected 
with the Mexican Boundary Survey, growing out of your refusal to affix 
your signature to the necessary papers establishing the Initial Point for 
the demarkation of the line at 32° 22^, you are informed, that inasmuch 
as the Commissioners appointed by their respective governments to 
run and mark the boundary line between the United States and Mexico 
were not necessarily constrained to suspend all operations connected 
with the Survey during your absence, and until your recovery from the 
