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aug 18, 1842 - Webster-Ashburton Treaty signed (Aug 1842)

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London Foreign Office sends nonprofessional diplomat/conciliatory financier Lord Ashburton; Ashburton and Webster compromised on Maine boundary; US gets 7k/12k square miles of area, Brit gets 5k/12k + Halifax/Quebec route; Also patched up Caroline affair w/ diplomatic notes; Brit in treaty surrendered 6.5k square miles w/ Mesabi iron ore of Minnesota

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aug 18, 1842
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~ 183 years ago