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Ashburton-Webster Treaty (Treaty of Washington), 9 August 1842, negotiated by Alexander Baring, First Lord Ashburton, for Britain, and US Secretary of State Daniel Webster. Several sources of friction between the 2 countries were removed, especially regarding those boundaries between British North America and the US which remained in doubt following the Treaty of GHENT.
A particular problem had been the 12 000 square miles (approx 31 000 km2) disputed between NB and Maine, 5000 square miles (approx 13 000 km2) of which went to NB. The treaty also provided for the surveying, mapping, and marking of the agreed NB-Maine boundary, completed June 1847. It made some minor adjustments along the northern boundaries of Vermont and New York, and described for the first time the boundary from Lake Huron to Lake of the Woods.
Author
N.L. NICHOLSON
Links to Other Sites
International Boundary Commission
The official website for the International Boundary Commission.
Canado-american Treaties
This extensive website provides free access to the text of all bilateral treaties established between the United States of America and Canada from 1783 to 1997. From Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada, the Library of International Relations (Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology), and the LexUM (Centre de recherche en droit public, Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal.)
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