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Events on Tuesday 9 August 1842 1
1842Webster–Ashburton TreatyUnited States and Britain settle the Maine–New Brunswick borderUS Secretary of State Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton signed a treaty settling the disputed boundary between Maine and New Brunswick, along with other sections of the US–Canadian border. It also provided for cooperation against the Atlantic slave trade and for the extradition of criminals.