to John Holmes

Turner, Charles, 1760-1839 to John Holmes

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GLC#
GLC05634.03-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
1818/03/26
Author/Creator
Turner, Charles, 1760-1839
Title
to John Holmes
Place Written
Situate, Massachusetts
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

Reports on his activities assisting in the execution of the part of the fifth article of the Treaty of Ghent pertaining to the settlement of an United States-Canada border in the east. Discusses several problems with the enterprise, being at odds with government agents, and the various suggestions he made. Submits his ideas for Holmes to make use of as he sees fit and asks they be kept confidential. Fears becoming a scapegoat. Holmes had been appointed a commissioner to divide the islands of Passamaquoddy Bay between the United States and Great Britain. Turner was a Massachusetts state politician. Possibly a copy made by Samuel C. Crafts (see GLC05634.04).

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