Messages / From The President./ Communicating / Additional Correspondence In Relation To The Adjustment Of The Northeastern / Boundary, And The Occupation Of The Disputed Territory / 26th Congress, 1st Session, Senate Report 266

Van Buren, Martin (etal)

Published by no publisher; no place; 14 pp.; Wraps; F-; nc/1840, 1840

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_____ Removed from a larger volumes of unrelated government reports and stapled into plain manila covers. _____ Transcribes diplomatic documents and witness reports._____ Many appear to document British military developments at Lake Temiscouta. _____ The exact Northeast boundary of the United States with Canada was not established in the basic peace treaty of 1783 ending the American War of Independence._____ Increasing timber developments and the granting of statehood to Maine in 1820 raised tensions in the region._____ Under a treaty of 1827, the border question was submitted to the King of the Netherlands for arbitration._____ In 1832, he proposed a compromise boundary that was accepted by Britain but rejected by the United States._____ After a bloodless border clash in 1839 known as the Aroostook War, the question was finally settled by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1841. _____ . _____. Seller Inventory # R-39022

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Title: Messages / From The President./ ...

Publisher: no publisher; no place; 14 pp.; Wraps; F-; nc/1840

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition