... shows the understanding they had of the true design of the patent, and thistransaction, so far from being an available argument against the American claim, is an act of possession at anearly date ... it again inclines to the west, and then to the south, and again to the west, and passes the head of the Connecticut. About 3 miles and a half east of the head of the Connecticut there is a division ... States at the Court of France, to that Government, against the ratification by France of the said treaty, and of all correspondencebetween the Governments of the United States and of France, and...