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MAINE] [State of Maine. Jan. Sess. 1828. Doc. No. 13.] Report of the Joint Select Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Maine in relation to the North-Eastern Boundary of the State . Portland: Thomas Todd, 1828. First edition. Contemporary red morocco backed boards. 9 x 5 inches (23.5 x 13.5 cm); 60, 56 pp. Cover detached, binding rubbed and the spine with later labels, stamps, contemporary signatures to pastedown. Establishing the boundary between the United States and New Brunswick, Canada had been debated since 1783. This definitive report includes the speech of John G. Deane, a supporter of the American claims to the land over Great Britain. C The New York City Bar Association