The minister plenipotentiary of Her Britannic Majesty having no specific
authority to make any arrangement on this subject, the undersigned can
only recommend, as they now earnestly do, to the governments of New
Brunswick and Maine to regulate their future proceedings according to
the terms hereinbefore set forth until the final settlement of the
territorial dispute or until the Governments of the United States and
Great Britain shall come to some definite conclusion on the subordinate
point upon which they are now at issue.
JOHN FORSYTH,
_Secretary of State of the United States of North America_.
H.S. FOX,
_Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary_.
WASHINGTON, _February 27, 1839_.
_To the House of Representatives of the United States_:
In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of
the 22d instant, requesting information on the subject of the existing
relations between the United States and the Mexican Republic, I transmit
a report from the Secretary of State, to whom the resolution was
referred, and the documents by which the report was accompanied.
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