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Northeast Boundary Dispute
The dispute festered and smoldered until 1839, when it threatened to erupt into open warfare. The Maine Legislature that year raised funds to support a military
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The US-Canadian Border
The treaty awarded the United States seven-twelfths of the disputed territory in Maine and New Brunswick, and adjusted the Canadian-United States boundary
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Republic of Madawaska
New Brunswick remained in dispute until 1842. In 1817, a US settler, John Baker, arrived in the region. He made his residence west of the junction of the
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