Inscription on the New Monument Erected at the Source of the St. Croix on the 31st July, 1817 (Monument Brook, near Monument, New Brunswick)

Keyed in the print, c. (on tree trunk): A 
Inscribed in the print, l.l.: On Stone by L. Haghe.; i.r.: Sketched ["Ske" only partially printed] by Coll. Bouchette 31 July 1817.; b: INSCRIPTION on the NEW MONUMENT erected at the SOURCE of the ST. CROIX on the 31st JULY, 1817. / N. Face. COLL. JOS BOUCHETTE H.B.M. SURR. GENL. Var 130 51"2" West. E. Face. New Brunswick July 31. 1817. printed in same manner / S. Face, JOHN JOHNSON. U.S. SURVEYOR & S.G.V.T. W. Face. United States 31. July 1817. At the bottom of the Monument on the East / and West Faces are two Stones inclined marked respectively with the initials of the Surveyors, the date & also the initials of the / different Territories, viz on the West side N.B. (New Brunswick.) 31, July 1817. _ J.B. (Joseph Bouchette), on the East side U.S. (United States) / 31. July 1817, J.J. (John Johnson) the whole printed in capital letters. _ A an Iron Hoop on a Beech Tree, old Monument fixed in 1797. Published in Bouchette's The British Dominions in North America, London, 1831 (other ed. 1832), vol. 1, opp. p. 14 and in his Views in the Canadas..., 1832? (pl. [15] in CIHM 52787). Hachey 29.