A Good and Wise Measure: The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842

Francis M. Carroll

Published by University of Toronto Press 2001

A Good and Wise Measure

The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary, 1783-1842

Francis M. Carroll

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442670327

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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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Carroll Francis M. :

Francis M. Carroll is Senior Scholar of History at the University of Manitoba and a fellow of St. John's College.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
List of Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xix
1. Introduction: Working out a Method, 1783-1814 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
PART ONE. Commissions under the Treaty of Ghent: 1816-1827
2. Article 4: Islands in the Bay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
3. Article 5: Highlands and the Source of the St Croix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	47
4. Article 5: The Forty-Fifth Parallel, the Connecticut, and Deadlock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
5 Article 6: The St Lawrence and the Great Lakes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
Chapter Six. Article 7: From Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	117
PART TWO. Arbitration and Uncertainty: The 1820s and 1830s
7. Preparing for Arbitration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
8. The Award and Its Problems Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	172
9. Skirmishes on the Frontier Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
10. Surveys and Struggles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
PART THREE. Grasping the Nettle: 1841–1845
11. Sea Change: Initiative and Compromise Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
12. The Webster-Ashburton Negotiations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	264
13. Storm over the Treaty Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	307
Sources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	411
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	431

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 480

eBook

Published: June 7, 2001
ISBN: 9781442670327