Rhode Island-Massachusetts State Boundary records

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Rhode Island-Massachusetts State Boundary records

1994-464,C#00439,C#00444,C#00445

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Abstract: A collection of documents spanning nearly 200 years concerned with the boundary between RI and MA. These documents were brought together into bound volumes (C#00439) arranged chronologically by the date of the documents. Type of documents vary greatly. Included are: orders of the King in Council, acts of the General Assemblies of RI and MA, documents from court cases concerning the boundary, Supreme Court Decisions, measurements taken along the boundary, expense accounts of surveyors, appointments of commissioners to investigate the boundary dispute, correspondence.<br />Additional records (1994-464) include boundary commission reports spanning the colonial period up to the twentieth century.

Scope and Content: This series includes records relating to boundary issues between Rhode Island and Massachusetts, including the work of various boundary commissions formed to address the issue.

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Rhode Island-Massachusetts State Boundary records

Rhode Island and Massachusetts Boundary volumes

Field Notes of Northern Boundary Lines

Report on the Northern Boundary Line