Maine and the End of Reciprocity in 1866

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DOI:

https://doi.org/NaN

Keywords:

Atlantic and St. Lawrence Railroad, John Alfred Poor, William Pitt Preble, Josiah Little, Alexander Tilloch Galt, continental economic integration, Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, abrogation, passports, lumber, fishing, shipbuilding, anglophobia, British support Confederacy, St. Albans raid

Abstract

This article discusses why many Maine politicians wanted an end to economic reciprocity with Canada in spite of its seeming importance to the state’s key commercial port, Portland.

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Published

1986-06-01

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (1986): Maine History Journal

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Articles