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Proceedings and Acts of the General Assembly, 1872
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1872.] OF THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 69
missioners of Maryland there on the 17th inst , I do this with
the good intent, at least, to meet the convenience of yourself
and .colleagues.
I hope a detail, from the Coast Survey office here, will meet
us there oil the 17th inst.
With high respect,
Yours truly,
HENRY A. WISE.
To WM. J. AYDELOTT, ESQ.,
Newtown, Md.
Pursuant to the above request, I met. Gov. Wise, at Cris-field, Monday, October 16th, and held with him a pleasant
conference preparatory (to entering the field next morning;
but to my surprise and great regret, I have learned that
public duties and official engagements would not permit either
of my colleagues to be present, General Jones being engaged
with important State business as Attorney General of Mary-
land, and Mr. Waters being confined in the office of Circuit
Court of Somerset, which County Court was then in session.
Neither was Mr. De Jarnette or 0^1. Watts of the Virginia
Commission present.
Governor Wise and myself very so in concurred in making
it our first duty to learn as much of Smith's Island and its
waters, by a personal inspection and observation, followed by
all information possible to be obtained as to their traditional
connection with the two States respectively. I was happy
to find the Governor in all his official relations courteous
and magnanimous, characteristic of the,-1 old-time.Virginia
gentleman.
The little steamer Tredegar, Captain Brown, of the Vir-
ginia Oyster Police, was in readiness fur the 'recomendation
of the Joint Commission, and by the very great, courtesy and
obliging conduct of Captain Brown, was made very servicea-
ble in the waters of the Sound adjacent to Smith's Island,
Horse Hammack, &c., and, where the waters were not of
sufficient depth to admit the passage of the steamer, a cano"
was availed of, propelled by men engaged from the Island.
for that purpose. Leaving the steamer at anchor, we were
accompanied, meantime, by our polite host, Captain Brown
By the direction of Johnson Evans and John Marshall, two-
citizens of said Island, a stone was found resting in the wa-
ter, fifteen or twenty feet from the shore of the Island, which-seem;! to be nearly in bearing with the main direction of
the traditional line, but we had with us no instrument to at-test the same except a mariner's compass procured from the
steamer, and that to be placed on the marsh for observation.

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