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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05634.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Northwest Boundary: with 4 letters, printed report and folding map |
| Title | Declaration to the Select Committee on the execution of the Treaty of Ghent |
| Date | ca. April 1818 |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Copy of a declaration including a letter in the report of the Select Committee investigating the expenditures made in the execution of the part of the Treaty of Ghent fixing the boundary line between Maine and Canada. The letter, written by Charles Turner, was critical of the execution of the treaty (see GLC05634.03). Also resolves "That the Select Committee be discharged from further considering the said report." Addressed to Cornelius P. Van Ness in Burlington, Vermont. |
| Subjects | War of 1812 Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs Treaty Diplomacy Boundary or Property Dispute Surveying Canada Northwest Territory Government and Civics Congress Finance |
| People | Turner, Charles (1760-1839) Van Ness, Cornelius P. (Cornelius Peter) (1782-1852) |
| Theme | War of 1812; Foreign Affairs; Westward Expansion; Government & Politics |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |
| Related documents | Letter from Charles Turner to John Holmes regarding article 5 of the Treaty of Ghent |