This incident was started by the arrest of Rufus McIntyre, who was sent by the newly elected GovernorJohn Fairfield.
This incident was started by the arrest of Rufus McIntyre, who was sent by the newly elected GovernorJohn Fairfield. During this incident, Lieutenant Governor John Harvey negotiated a temporary truce beforefull negotiations started in this event, which was partly caused by the building of Fort Blunder. General (*)Winfield Scott helped negotiate the end of this event. The cause of this incident had failed to be settled by an earliermediation attempt by William I of the Netherlands. The dispute that caused this incident was resolved three yearslater by the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. For 10 points, name this 1839 incident over the location of the boundarybetween New Brunswick and Maine.
This incident was started by the arrest of Rufus McIntyre, who was sent by the newly elected GovernorJohn Fairfield.
Aroostook War [or Aroostock War; or the Pork and Beans War; or Coon-Canuck War; Lumberjacks' War; or Northeastern boundary dispute]