This foot note contained in document AFC05d254 4. In June
Congress resolved that Massachusetts and New York should bring
their conflicting claims to western lands before that body in
December. On 11 Nov., Massachusetts named John Lowell and James
Sullivan to join its congressional delegation in arguing the
Commonwealth's case. Representatives from the two states
presented their credentials on 8 Dec., and on 24 Dec. they
agreed on a panel of judges from other states to arbitrate their
dispute ( , 27:547–550, 662–663, 666–667, 678, 709–710). JA had
been heavily involved in Massachusetts' boundary disputes with
its neighbors, New Hampshire and New York, in the spring of 1774
(JA, Papers deal with New York). Cite web page as: Founding
Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and
the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts
Historical Society, 2007.