This collection consists of one handwritten document from 1804 by William Maclin pertaining to the boundary line between Virginia and Tennessee. It also includes a handwritten letter signed by John Sevier on July 11, 1804 confirming the validity of Maclin's document. Typed transcripts of both documents are also included. In 1779, a survey team was commissioned to plot Tennessee's northern boundary, but the attempt encountered several problems and the final conclusion was a line several miles north of the intended boundary. When a spokesman for Tennessee wanted to adopt the new boundary, he was met with resistance from Virginia. The two sides eventually found a compromise in a new team plotting a new border in 1802. Looking forward to this, William Maclin drew up this agreement to confirm the new state boundary. It was signed by Maclin in 1804.