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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1872
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66 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 15,
Please communicate these views to your colleagues, as I
will to mine, and let me hear from you again.
Most respectfully and truly, yours,
HENRY A. WISE.
The substance of which I at once communicated, by letter,
to each of my colleagues, Hon. Isaac D. Jones, Attorney-General of Maryland, and Leven L. Waters, Esq., Clerk to
to the Circuit Court of Somerset county ; each of whom ex-
pressed willingness and readiness for action in the premises,
at such time as might suit the convenience of the Virginia
Commissioners.
At this period I entered definitely upon a preparation for
the labors before me, and found as Gov. Wise suggested,.
much time could be well and profitably spent in preparation
and study, to enable the Commissioners to arrive at correct
conclusions, and thereby greatly facilitate their joint labors-
At the opening of Spring, I again wrote to Gov. Wise, on
the subject, expressing a desire on the part of Maryland
Commissioners to enter the field, as soon as the judgment
and convenience of himself and his colleagues might concur ;
in which letter I expressed the hope of the Maryland Com-
missioners, that a " speedy, equitable, and final settlement
of our boundary might be accomplished." To which I re-
ceived promptly the following reply:
RICHMOND, VA., March 8th, 1871.
TO WM. J. AYDELOTT, Esq.,
MY DEAR SIR : Yours of the 6th inst. was received by me
this evening, and I take pleasure in replying to its kind in-
tentions, by saying that to-day is the first moment when I
could further communicate with you satisfactorily.
My colleagues have just concurred, in the necessity of send-
ing to England, to repair the damage done to the Archives
of Virginia, by the mutilation of the records relating to the
boundary of the two States.
Our messenger will start very soon, and will require some
two months for his work. I hope not more than that time
will be consumed, and that by the first or middle of May
we will be able to meet your Commissioners at Baltimore or
Annapolis, to confer as to our action in the field.
I do fondly hope for a " speedy, equitable, and final settle-
ment of the boundary.'' The legal and historical work to
prepare for an intelligent conference of the joint commission
is great. I think no time will be lost in that preparation,
which will teach us to agree or disagree promptly. My desire

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