WEBSTER-ASHBURTON Treaty, Plaque commemorating on the east side of the Treasury Dept Bldg in Washington, D.C.

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This plaque on the east side of the Treasury Department Building in Washington, D.C., commemorates the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842. The treaty, negotiated by Daniel Webster and Lord Ashburton, settled the Maine-New Brunswick border dispute between the U.S. and British North America. It marked the end of border conflicts and established the northeastern boundary between the two nations. The plaque was installed in 1929 by the Kiwanis Club of Washington at the site of the old State Department building.