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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01946.22
From Archive Folder	Collection of letters written by and to Daniel Webster
Title	Daniel Webster to Harriette Story Paige discussing the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842
Date	ca. 1842
Author	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852)
Recipient	Paige, Harriette Story
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Writes to his sister-in-law, enclosing a note of introduction for British foreign minister Lord Alexander Ashburton and James Paige, Harriette's husband. Instructs Harriette to have the note "sealed and presented on [Ashburton's] arrival." States, "You will hear that the the [sic] Treaty is done! and I am almost done, too," referring to the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842, which defined the North Eastern boundary between the United States and Canada and resulted in a lasting peace agreement between Britain and America. Reports that the only issue not negotiated with Ashburton was that of "the Fisheries," likely referring to the fishing rights of each country in shared waters. Thanks Harriette for five handkerchiefs he received. August or September 1842 written in pencil on this document at a later date.
Subjects	Diplomacy Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Global History and Civics Government and Civics Treaty Boundary or Property Dispute Canada Geography and Natural History Industry
People	Webster, Daniel (1782-1852) Paige, Harriette Story (1806-1863) Ashburton, Alexander Baring, Baron (1774-1848)
Theme	Women in American History; Government & Politics; Foreign Affairs
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Dear Mrs. P. I enclose a note of introduction for your husband to Lord Ashburton - please have it sealed & presented on his arrival. He will be glad to see Mr. P. & yourself, I am quite well. You will hear that the [2] the [Treaty] is done! and I am almost done, too. The only question of magnitude about which I did not negotiate with Lord Ashburton, is the question respecting the Fisheries. That question I propose to take up with Mr. Seth Peterson, on Tuesday, the 6th day of September next, at 6 o'clock A.M. [3] A.M. In the meantime, I may find a leisure hour to drop a line on the same subject at Nahants. I have to thank you for 5 beautiful handkerchiefs - nothing was ever nicer. Yrs affectionately Danl Webster

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