BULWER, SIR WILLIAM HENRY L. E.
\bˈʊlwə], \bˈʊlwə], \b_ˈʊ_l_w_ə]\
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(1801-1872), was British Minister to the United States from 1849 to 1852. He negotiated with Senator John M. Clayton the Clayton-Bulwer treaty which related to the establishment of a communication between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans by canal at the Isthmus of Panama, each party guaranteeing neutrality of communication.
By John Franklin Jameson
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