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The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
to protect the treasury against stale demands of this description. Boundary lines. In the exercise of the discretion vested in me by the second section of the joint resolution passed on the 10th day of March last, I commissioned Col. Angus W. McDonald as a competent agent to proceed to England and procure record and documentary evidence lending to ascertain and establish the free lines of boundary between the States of Virginia and Maryland, and North Carolina and Tennessee. A copy ofh, in regard to the boundary line between the States of Virginia and Tennessee, was promptly forwarded, as directed, to the Governor of that State. No reply has been received, and nothing further has been done. The information collected by Colonel McDonald, on his recent visit to England, will perhaps throw light upon the subject, and enable us to do justice to both States, in any future attempts to ascertain the true line. The second resolution authorized me to appoint a Commissioner to
The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 1 (search)
[continued from first Page.] between Virginia and North Carolina shall have been ascertained and definitely settled. --I have, therefore, taken no action under your third resolution, nor will I appoint other Commissioners until the line shall be run between Virginia and North Carolina. Nothing has yet been done towards the settlement of the line between Virginia and North Carolina. After Col. McDonald was sent to England, I determined to await his return to ascertain whether he could procure documentary information that would throw light upon this unsettled question. I hope commissioners will be appointed by both States early in the spring, and the work pushed forward with all practicable zeal and industry. I will use all proper and honorable efforts to bring these long-standing and disagreeable questions to a final and satisfactory adjustment. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. I call your attention to the accompanying communication from the Attorney Genera