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Webster-Ashburton Treaty

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Friendship between the United States and Canada was developed and strengthened by the signing of the Webster-Ashburton Treaty on August 9, 1842, in the old State Department building which stood on this site. This treaty established the northeastern boundary between the two countries.
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