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

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In this detailed and fascinating book, Francis Carroll tells the story of the attempts to settle the original boundary between Canada and america from the Atlantic coast to the middle of the continent.

Established by the Treaty of Paris in 1783, it soon became clear that ambiguities and errors in the treaty brought confusion and rivalry in the boundary borderland from New Brunswick and Maine to the St. Lawrence River, through the Great Lakes and from Lake Superior to Lake of the Woods, in the heart of the continent. This borderland, regularly filling with people of competing interests – Loyalists and Yankees, fur traders and soldiers, Europeans and First Nations peoples – became the focal point of the major crisis in Anglo-Canadian-American relations for nearly sixty years.

Drawing on extensive research and utilizing manuscript materials never brought to bear at the subject before, The Seek for Boundary is the first work to thoroughly give an explanation for the efforts of the several Boundary Commissions and the failed arbitration of the King of Netherlands – all major international attempts to settle the boundary. The book also provides a fresh interpretation of the relevance the turbulent decade of the 1830s had in contributing to the sense of urgency that after all allowed for negotiation of an inexpensive compromise settlement of the boundary in the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842 — “A good and wise measure,” as Lord Ashburton known as it. Filled with the politics and intrigues of the time, Carroll brings to life a remarkable time in the diplomatic and political history of both Canada and america.

Winner of the Dafoe Book Prize, awarded by the J.W. Dafoe Foundation

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