This treaty failed to establish ownership of Machias Seal Island, but did put an end to the short-lived Republic of Indian Stream.
This treaty failed to establish ownership of Machias Seal Island, but did put an end to the short-lived Republic of Indian Stream. Its Âfth article created a "Disputed Territory Fund" and required payment of three hundred thousand dollars. This treaty assigned ownership of a ruined citadel called Fort Blunder and aimed to remedy a dispute arising from reliance on theMitchell Map, which erroneously displayed the Mississippi River watershed. Since this agreement did not extradite the mutineers from the Creole, that mutiny was the most successful slave uprising in US history. This treaty preserved the Northwest Angle for the United States and was negotiated by Alexander Baring, together with a man who notably did not join a masscabinet resignation following the second veto of a National Bank bill. For 10 points, name this 1842 treaty which resolved the Aroostook War between the US and British Canada, partly named for a US Secretary of State.
This treaty failed to establish ownership of Machias Seal Island, but did put an end to the short-lived Republic of Indian Stream.
Webster-Ashburton Treaty