Mr. Webster's Vindication of the Treaty of Washington of 1842; in a Speech delivered in the Senate of the United States, on the 6th and 7th of April, 1846.
Washington, D. C. J. & G.S. Gideon, 1846. 88 pp. Illus. w/ one color map. 8vo. Stitched self wrappers. First edition. Signatures loose, some chipping at the edges of the last leaf, scattered foxing, map mildly foxed else fine, overall a very good copy. MU Daniel Webster Speeches Collection 45 (variant). Nineteenth-Century Legal Treatises, 75293. American Imprints 46- 7389. Item #27416
Complete edition with map still attached to verso page 71, plus appendix pp. [73]-88. The Treaty of Washington, also known as the Webster Ashburton Treaty (1842), established the northeastern border of the United States between Maine and New Brunswick, provided for navigation rights on the St. John River, and created a procedure for joint anti-slavery naval activities. Webster was enraged that the matter had been raised again and that criticism was leveled at his handling of the issue.
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