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.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-429) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 327.73041
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 21
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781442670327 0802048293
- LCCN
- E398
- LCCN Item number
- C37 2001eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOTU
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxi, 462 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00600704 (OCoLC)244768785 (CaOOCEL)418150
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOTU
Table of Contents
- Contents 10
- List of Maps 12
- Preface 14
- Acknowledgments 20
- 1 Introduction: Working out a Method, 1783–1814 28
- Part One. Commissions under the Treaty of Ghent: 1816–1827 58
- 2 Article 4: Islands in the Bay 60
- 3 Article 5: Highlands and the Source of the St Croix 72
- 4 Article 5: The Forty-Fifth Parallel, the Connecticut, and Deadlock 95
- 5 Article 6: The St Lawrence and the Great Lakes 120
- 6 Article 7: From Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods 142
- Part Two. Arbitration and Uncertainty: The 1820s and 1830s 170
- 7 Preparing for Arbitration 172
- 8 The Award and Its Problems 197
- 9 Skirmishes on the Frontier 220
- 10 Surveys and Struggles 245
- Part Three. Grasping the Nettle: 1841–1845 266
- 11 Sea Change: Initiative and Compromise 268
- 12 The Webster–Ashburton Negotiations 289
- 13 Storm over the Treaty 312
- Notes 332
- Sources 436
- Index 456
- A 456
- B 458
- C 462
- D 464
- E 465
- F 466
- G 467
- H 468
- I 470
- J 470
- K 471
- L 471
- M 472
- N 475
- O 476
- P 477
- Q 478
- R 478
- S 479
- T 482
- U 483
- V 484
- W 485
- Y 487
