Ash burton Treaty

Negotiated between Great Britain and the United States, 1842, Lord Ash burton acting for the former and Daniel Webster on behalf of the latter. Provided for the settlement of the international boundary between Maine and Canada. Of the territory in dispute, the United States got about seven-twelfths and Canada five-twelfths. Also provided for the determination of the boundary in the St. Mary River and thence to the Lake of the Woods; for the free navigation of the St. John River; for the suppre ion of the slave trade, and for the extradition of criminals. Index : Sy Sydenham takes part in negotiations leading to, 336. W Boundary question settled by, 135. T Settlement of, checks projected railway from St. Andrews to Quebec, 53. BL Settlement of, 118. Bib. : Dent, Last Forty Years ; Winsor, Narrative and Critical History, Vol. vii; White, The Ash burton Treaty , in Univ. Mag. , October, 1907; The Ash burton Treaty: an Afterword , in Univ. Mag. , December, 1908; Houston, Canadian Constitutional Documents ; Hertslet, Treaties and Conventions .