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Pamphlet. Condición: Good. First Edition. Removed, newly stab-sewn, 8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches, 21 pages. 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 descrepances 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.