Richard Rush, Ambassador to the United Kingdom; Albert Gallatin, Ambassador to the Republic of France; Frederick John Robinson, Earl of Ripon, President of the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom; and Henry Goulburn, Member of Parliament; sign the Anglo-American Convention of 1818, guaranteeing American fishing rights off the coast of Newfoundland, and formalizing the border between the united States and British North America, at the 49th parallel between Lake of the Woods and the crest of the Rocky Mountains.
[restored 12/18/2021]
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Authority:
Article II, Section 2 [Clause 2]
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 80.
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