Plan of Lands Set off to Settlers on the St. John

Undated, plan of lands set off to settlers on the St. John River in Township letter L & M R 2nd W E L S by the C---- s------ of Maine & Massachusetts app---- to carry into effect the 4th article of the Treaty of Washington [1842]. The Treaty of Washington, also known as the Webster-Ashburton Treaty, signed August 9, 1842, resolved border issues between the United States and British North American colonies in the region that became Canada. This treaty resolved the Aroostook War, disputing the location of the Maine-New Brunswick border. The creator of the map is not identified but the document is part of the collection belonging to John Gardner.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainebicentennial/1047/thumbnail.jp