AROOSTOOK DISTURBANCES
\ˈaɹuːstˌʊk dɪstˈɜːbənsɪz], \ˈaɹuːstˌʊk dɪstˈɜːbənsɪz], \ˈa_ɹ_uː_s_t_ˌʊ_k d_ɪ_s_t_ˈɜː_b_ə_n_s_ɪ_z]\
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In 1838 a band of lawless men, chiefly from New Brunswick, trespassed upon that territory which is watered by the Aroostook, and which was then claimed by both Great Britain and the United States. The Governor of Maine drafted troops and drove off the intruders. The President sent General Winfield Scott to the Aroostook country. He arranged that it should be occupied as before, each government holding part, while the other denied its legal right. (See Ashburton Treaty.)
By John Franklin Jameson
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