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Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 2, chapter 30 (search)
gaged, on behalf of his State, in collecting the local proofs in the long-standing boundary controversy between Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and for that purpose visited the disputed territory. This service was rendered at the request of Mr. Webster and Mr. Choate, the counsel of Massachusetts, who certified, when the question of his compensation was pending, that he conducted the matter most satisfactorily, and obtained much useful information. Massachusetts prevailed in the suit in March, 1846. Sumner was paid five hundred dollars for his services,—a professional fee which it was rarely his good fortune to receive in a single case. To Mr. Choate's kindly interest he was doubtless indebted for the opportunity to earn it. His connection with the case is referred to in Mr. Choate's Works and Memoir, Vol. I. pp. 74, 75. See Boston Advertiser, Feb. 22, 1844. The Council Records of Massachusetts, March 31, 1846, with the report of a committee, March 19, give a detailed statem