Treaty of Washington: Treaty Between Her Majesty and the United States of America, Signed at Washington, May 8, 1871


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Treaty of Washington


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Treaty Between Her Majesty and the United States of America, for the Amicable Settlement of All Causes of Difference Between the Two Countries ("Alabama" Claims; Fisheries; Claims of Corporations, Companies Or Private Individuals; Navigation of Rivers and Lakes; San Juan Water Boundary; and Rules Defining Duties of a Neutral Government During War). - Signed at Washington, May 8, 1871


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This file outlines the articles and rules of the Treaty of Washington (1871). The issue in this Treaty were the American desire to resume use of Canadian and Newfoundland inshore fisheries, and the acquisition of the San Juan Islands in the Strait of Georgia.