Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

American  

[kleyt-n bool-wer] / ˈkleɪt n ˈbʊl wər /

noun

1. an agreement between the United States and Great Britain in 1850 guaranteeing that any canal built to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean across Central America would be jointly controlled, open to all nations, and unfortified.

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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty

Secretary Hay wrote me, and I replied at length, giving my views both as to the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and what I thought should be inserted in the new treaty.

From Fifty Years of Public Service by Cullom, Shelby M.

His correspondence upon the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was instanced.

From Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie by Van Dyke, John Charles

Since the commencement of my Administration the two dangerous questions arising from the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty and from the right of search claimed by the British Government have been amicably and honorably adjusted.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by Blaine, James Gillespie

Since the signature of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, this "settlement," as it was styled in that instrument, has become a British "possession," by a convention with Guatemala contracted in 1859.

From The Interest of America in Sea Power, Present and Future by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

The American people were annoyed to find that it did not abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty, but left the United States with something very short of that independent control which they desired.

From The Panama Canal A history and description of the enterprise by Mills, J. Saxon