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Ashburton

[ash-bur-tn]
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noun
  1. 1st Baron. Baring, Alexander.
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  • The boundary question was afterwards settled by the Ashburton Treaty.

    Wilmot and Tilley

    James Hannay

  • Ashburton defended his country stoutly and refused satisfaction.

    Expansion and Conflict

    William E. Dodd

  • A reference to the “Ashburton Treaty” concluded at Washington in 1842.

  • There were seven Elders on board the English sail ship, Ashburton.

  • At Ashburton is the record of the Initiation of a Frenchman.