Second Note - Webster to Ashburton

AUTHOR — Great Britain, United States

British-American Diplomacy

Webster-Ashburton Treaty - Note

\[The Secretary of State to Her Britannic Majesty Minister Plenipotentiary on Special Mission\]

DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, Augt. 9, 1842.

Lord ASHBURTON, &c, &c, &c

MY LORD: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 9th of August, with respect to the object and intention of the 5tb article of the treaty. What you say in regard to that subject is quite correct. It purports to contain no stipulation on the part of Great Britain, nor is any responsibility supposed to be incurred by it, on the part of your Government.

I renew, my Lord, the assurance of my distinguished consideration.

DANL WEBSTER.

Source:<br>Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America.<br>Edited by Hunter Miller<br>Volume 4 <br>Documents 80-121 : 1836-1846<br>Washington : Government Printing Office, 1934.