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ALASKAN BOUNDARY TRIBUNAL – Boundary between the Dominion of Canada and the Territory of Alaska. Argument Presented on the Part of the Government of His Britannic Majesty to the Tribunal Constituted under Article I of the Convention Signed at Washington, January 24, 1903, between His Britannic Majesty and the United States of America. London: Foreign Office, Harrison and Sons, 1903.
Elihu Root’s copy of the British Argument in the Alaska boundary dispute, in red morocco presentation binding. The dispute concerned the exact location of the division between Alaska and Canada in the incompletely surveyed boundary of the panhandle of Southeast Alaska. Root represented the United States at the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, which ruled 4 to 2 in favor of the United States against Canada. Canadians felt unfairly treated by Britain, leading to an upsurge of Canadian nationalism. Wickersham 895.
Quarto (328 x 205 mm). (Flyleaf coming detached; title repaired at margin.) Contemporary red morocco gilt (light wear). Provenance: Elihu Root (1845-1937, US Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and NY Senator; signature) – Library of Congress (deaccession stamp) – Nick Aretakis, Bookseller.
Elihu Root’s copy of the British Argument in the Alaska boundary dispute, in red morocco presentation binding. The dispute concerned the exact location of the division between Alaska and Canada in the incompletely surveyed boundary of the panhandle of Southeast Alaska. Root represented the United States at the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal, which ruled 4 to 2 in favor of the United States against Canada. Canadians felt unfairly treated by Britain, leading to an upsurge of Canadian nationalism. Wickersham 895.
Quarto (328 x 205 mm). (Flyleaf coming detached; title repaired at margin.) Contemporary red morocco gilt (light wear). Provenance: Elihu Root (1845-1937, US Secretary of War, Secretary of State, and NY Senator; signature) – Library of Congress (deaccession stamp) – Nick Aretakis, Bookseller.