McCarty, William M.; Doggett, John L.; et al. Georgia and Florida : Resolutions and Documents relating to the Boundary Line between the State of Georgia and the Territory of Florida. Washington: Printed by Gales & Seaton, 1828. First Edition. [11916]
Removed, newly stab-sewn, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 21 pages. Good. Pamphlet.
20th Congress, 1st Session, Document No. 103, House of Representatives.
An examination of treaties and legal documents beginning 1762. The governor of Florida appeals to these documents and calls for a correction to the border between his territory and the State of Georgia; that Florida should possess all of the territory "south of Ellicot's line." The discrepancies came from the earlier border of Florida, when a possession of Spain, being ill-defined, and from Creek Indians refusing to allow a survey to run through their territory.
The final boundary was not settled and recognized until after an 1855 Supreme Court case and a final approval by Congress in 1872.
