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Excerpt from History of Washington County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, &C.; A Biographical Directory of Its Citizens, War Record of Its Volunteers in the Late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men In. 1783 the treaty Of peace, which ended. The Revolutionary struggle, was concluded, and by its terms the boundaries of the. West. Were define as fol lows: On the north, to extend along the center of the Great Lakes from the western point of Lake Superior to Long Lake; thence to. The Lake of the Woods; thence to the head Of the Mississippi river, down its center to the 31st parallel of latitude thence on that line east to the head of Appa lachico-lia: river, down its center to the junction with the Flint; thence straight to. The head: of St. Mary's river; and thence down along its center to the Atlantic Ocean. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.