Finding Katahdin Document Packets, Chapter 4, Section 4
Chapter 4, page 118-122.
Daniel Webster negotiated Maine's northern boundary at the end of the Aroostook War. His statesmanship brought a bloodless ending to the conflict and determined Maine's northern boundary.
His efforts also made the people in the Madawaska area American citizens.
Like their southern counterparts, who a generation before had grappled with a broadened governmental reach, the people in Aroostook suddenly found themselves subject to laws and taxes from a government a great distance away.