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Clayton-Bulwer Treaty
[ kleyt-n bool-wer ]
noun
- 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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The only opportunity offered for eloquence was, after the inauguration, on the discussion of the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
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Long and wordy negotiations ensued, ending in the so-called Clayton-Bulwer Treaty.
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The "Clayton-Bulwer treaty" of 1850 was still the fruitful source of contention.
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His correspondence upon the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty was instanced.
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