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A handwritten letter dated Oct. 4, 1821 from Ward Chipman to Henry Goulburg discusses disputes over the accuracy of maps delineating certain borderlands between the United States and British Canada.
Letter from Ward Chipman to Henry Goulburn regarding surveyed land and boundaries in North America.
Handwritten letter from Ward Chipman to Henry Goulburn regarding surveying and boundary lines in North America.
In a 36-page package of documents covered by a letter dated Aug. 28, 1822, from Ward Chipman, the British agent of the Northeast Boundary Commission, to Joseph Planta Jr., Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, Chipman forwards the complete arguments made under the 5th Article of the Treaty of Ghent concerning U.S.-Canada borderlands in New England and Lower Canada; and an undated summary of points made by Thomas Barclay, the British Commissioner, in a letter of July 11, 1822, to Lord Londonderry, Secretary for War and the Colonies, in which Barclay decries the ''machinations'' of the Americans over some 10,000 square miles of disputed territory.
"In 1800, Ward Chipman and Samuel Denny Street defended the right of a Slave woman, Nancy, to obtain her freedom. There was no existing legislation in New Brunswick on slavery and Chipman and Street offered their services pro bono in an attempt to establish a precedent. Although the two young Fredericton lawyers were not successful in their bid to free Nancy from her owner, Caleb Jones; their efforts are considered seminal in directing the course of New Brunswick law."--Home page.