Treaty of Ghent
Description
- Full Text
Treaty of
Peace and Amity
between
His Britannic Majesty
and
The United States of America
His Britannic Majesty and the
United States of America desirous of
terminating the War which has unhappily
subsisted between the two Countries and
of restoring upon principles of perfect
reciprocity, Peace, Friendship and good.
Understanding between them, have for
that purpose appointed their respective
Plenipotentiaries, that is say, His
Britannic Majesty on his part has
appointed the Right Honourable James Lord Gambier,
late Admiral of the White now Admiral of the Red Squadron
- United States of America
- Media Type
- Newspaper
- Text
- Publication
- Item Types
- Documents
- Clippings
- Description
- Scanned image of the treaty document, signed on December 24, 1814 in Ghent, Belgium at meeting of American delegates and British commissioners. Great Britain agreed to relinquish claims to the Northwest Territory, and both countries pledged to work toward ending the slave trade. America, in turn, gained influence as a foreign power. News of the treaty spread slowly, and word of peace did not reach the American and British armies for some time. American forces, led by Andrew Jackson, won the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815, ending the hostilities after the official peace.
- Date of Original
- Dec 24, 1814
- Image Dimensions
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Image Width: 500
Image Height: 803
- Subject(s)
- Local identifier
- SNPL000028v00i
- Collection
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Flanders, Belgium
Latitude: 51.05 Longitude: 3.71667
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- Donor
- Six Nations Legacy Consortium
- Creative Commons licence
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