http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0222217
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
creator: Milton, William Fitzwilliam, Viscount, 1839-1877
issued: 2015-04-09
issued: 1869
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extent: 442 pages : maps (folded), advertisements ; 23 cm
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note: m k *§ *i A HISTORY OP THE SAN JUAN WATER BOUNDARY QUESTION, AS AFFECTING THE DIVISION OF TERRITORY BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES. By VISCOUNT MILTON, M.P. COLLECTED AND COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS PEINTED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENTS RESPECTIVELY OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND AND OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND FROM OTHER SOURCES. JBitl) "CtDO ^Hap*. LONDON: CASSELL, PETTER, AND G-ALPIN; And 596, BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 1869. ) St. n?3 PREFACE, I need offer no apology for laying this statement before the Public, as I feel that upon an examination of the same, the importance of a question hitherto carefully veiled, will become apparent. It is, however, necessary to apologise for the haste with which I have been obliged to put my materials together. I have been desirous of laying before the Public some account of this question, preparatory to the discussion which must, at some period, and which will probably at once, ensue. This history has been compiled mainly from documents published under the authority of the United States Senate ; consisting of some of the letters, despatches, &c, which have passed between the Governments of Great Britain and the United States, and also of some of the communications between those Governments and their respective officers, naval and military, and between other persons more or less concerned in the conduct of affairs on the British-American Pacific coast. I was at first doubtful whether I would not throw into the form of an Appendix the correspondence between the Commissioners respectively of Great Britain and of the United States, and between Lord Russell and Mr. Cass; but on further consideration, I felt that by so doing I should destroy the continuity of the story, and cast into the shade some of the most important of the papers bearing upon the question. f 'ill MILTON. NOTE. The two Maps presented with this Volume are fac-similes, so far as they relate to the Boundary question, of those o…
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identifier: F5049.15 .M53 1869
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0222217
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: London : Cassell, Petter, & Galpin
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. F5049.15 .M53 1869
subject: Northwest boundary of the United States
subject: British Columbia--Boundaries
subject: Canada--Boundaries--United States
subject: United States--Boundaries--Canada
title: A history of the San Juan water boundary question, as affecting the division of territory between Great Britain and the United States. Collected and compiled from official papers and documents printed under the authority of the governments respectively of Great Britain and Ireland and of the United States of America, and from other sources. With two maps
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