A good and wise measure : the search for the Canadian-American boundary, 1783-1842 /
The story of the attempts to settle the original boundary between British North America and the United States. Though established by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, the boundary was plagued by ambiguities and errors in the document.
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| Language: | English |
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Toronto, Ont. :
University of Toronto Press,
©2001.
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| Online Access: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=682358 |
Table of Contents:
- Front matter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction: Working out a Method, 1783-1814
- PART ONE. Commissions under the Treaty of Ghent: 1816-1827
- 2. Article 4: Islands in the Bay
- 3. Article 5: Highlands and the Source of the St Croix
- 4. Article 5: The Forty-Fifth Parallel, the Connecticut, and Deadlock
- 5 Article 6: The St Lawrence and the Great Lakes
- Chapter Six. Article 7: From Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods
- PART TWO. Arbitration and Uncertainty: The 1820's and 1830's
- 7. Preparing for Arbitration
- 8. The Award and Its Problems
- 9. Skirmishes on the Frontier
- 10. Surveys and Struggles
- PART THREE. Grasping the Nettle: 1841-1845
- 11. Sea Change: Initiative and Compromise
- 12. The Webster-Ashburton Negotiations
- 13. Storm over the Treaty
- Notes
- Sources
- Index