Event record · diplomatic
Ghent · Diplomacy
Peace commissioners negotiate at Ghent
August–December 1814
American and British delegates revise their positions as military and European news arrives.
Participants
- American commissioners
- British commissioners
- diplomatic couriers and governments
Outcome
Months of negotiation narrowed expansive demands into a status-quo peace.
Why it matters
Changing battlefield news and European priorities made diplomacy an active theater of the war.
Location evidence
51.050, 3.730 · city precision
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Where it sits in the story
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Evidence behind this event
- Treaty of Ghent: Primary Documents in American HistoryLibrary of Congress · primary-source guide
Treaty text, negotiations, and related documents.
- Treaty of Ghent Digital CollectionsLibrary of Congress · digital primary-source guide
Digitized treaty-era documents, papers, and related collections.