PROCLAMATION. [From Miscellaneous Letters, Department of State, vol. 24.] BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. In pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the 16th July, 1798, entitled "An act for erecting a light-house at Gayhead, on Marthas Vineyard, and for other purposes," and an act which passed the legislature of Massachusetts on the 22d February, 1799, entitled “An act to cede to the United States a tract of land at Gayhead for a lighthouse," the following tract of land, situate at Gayhead, on the western part of Marthas Vineyard, in Dukes County, State of Massachusetts, is designated as the land ceded to the United States by the aforesaid act of the legislature of Massachusetts for the purpose of erecting a lighthouse, to wit: Beginning at a stake and heap of stones (1 rod from the edge of the cliff of said head), thence east 11 degrees south 18 ods to a stake and heap of stones; thence south II degrees west 18 rode to a stake and heap of stones; thence west 11 degrees north 18 rods to a stake and heap of stones; thence north 11 degrees east to the first-mentioned bound, containing 2 acres and 4 rods. In witness whereof I have caused the seal of the United States of America to be hereto affixed, and signed the same with my [SEAL.] hand, at Philadelphia, on the 1st day of July, 1799, and in the twenty-third year of the Independence of the said States. JOHN ADAMS. By the President: TIMOTHY PICKERING, Secretary of State. WIDENER LIBRARY Harvard College, Cambridge, MA 02138: (617) 495-2413 If the item is recalled, the borrower will be notified of the need for an earlier return. (Non-receipt of overdue notices does not exempt the borrower from overdue fines.) WIDENER WIDENER CSEP 202606 CAN CHOOK BUD WIDENER MAR 2239 02007 CANCELLED Thank you for helping us to preserve our collection! |