Canada; its Defences, Condition, and Resources Being a third and concluding volume of "My Diary, North and South"

CHAPTER XVI.

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The “Ashburton Capitulation”--Boundaries of Quebec--Arbitration in 1831--Lord Ashburton’s Mission--The questions in dispute--“The Sea” _v._ “The Atlantic”--American Diplomatists--Franklin’s Red Line--Compromise--The Maps--Maine--Damage to Canada--Mr. Webster’s Defence--His Opinion of the Road--Value of the Heights--Our Share of Equivalents--Strategic value of Rouse’s Point--Mr. Webster on the Invasion of Canada--Vermont--New Hampshire 283