When was it published?

June 8, 1846 in American Republican And Baltimore Daily Clipper

Foreign News June 8, 1846

American Republican And Baltimore Daily Clipper

Q: What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Pakenham, Mr. Mclane, Lord Aberdeen

Q: What keywords are associated?

Oregon Question, Boundary Negotiation, Pakenham Instructions, Vancouvers Island, Columbia River

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What is this article about?

British Minister Mr. Pakenham instructed to offer a final proposal for settling the Oregon boundary dispute, based on the 49th parallel, granting Britain all of Vancouver's Island and free navigation of the Columbia River.

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Oregon.-Important. The New York Journal of Commerce learns from very good authority, that Mr. Pakenham has received instructions from his government, by the steamer Hibernia, to make a final overture for the amicable adjustment of the Oregon question. He is to offer, substantially, the proposition suggested some time since by Mr. McLane, our Minister in London, to Lord Aberdeen, viz: lat. 49 as the basis, leaving to Great Britain the whole of Vancouver's Island, and the free navigation of the Columbia.

What sub-type of article is it?

Diplomatic Colonial Affairs

What keywords are associated?

Oregon Question Boundary Negotiation Pakenham Instructions Vancouvers Island Columbia River

What entities or persons were involved?

Mr. Pakenham Mr. Mclane Lord Aberdeen

Where did it happen?

Oregon

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Oregon

Key Persons

Mr. Pakenham Mr. Mclane Lord Aberdeen

Outcome

proposed boundary at lat. 49, britain retains whole vancouver's island and free navigation of the columbia.

Event Details

Mr. Pakenham received instructions via steamer Hibernia to make a final overture for amicable adjustment of the Oregon question, offering the proposition previously suggested by Mr. McLane to Lord Aberdeen: latitude 49 as basis, leaving Vancouver's Island to Great Britain and free navigation of the Columbia.