do i went to high school in eastport, maine, on moose island, kind of a cool, foggy, little bit dreary island there, very close to canada and we all knew in eastport that henry clay had insisted after the war of 1812, the island had been taken by the british, he had insisted when he negotiated the end of the treaty that the island be returned to the united states even when john quincy adams, another negotiator, was willing to let the -- let canada have -- let british have the island and i'm wondering if any historians would know why he was so adamant on the return of moose island in eastport to america. >> i don't know if you know the specifics of -- >> god, i'm not an expert on moose island and why clay -- i do know that clay when making the treaty in the war of 1812, he took the strongest position of all the american delegates, he wanted america to have a strong position. >> adams was afraid they would not get a treaty if they took such positions so clay tended to get everything he could and i'm not sure on moose island. i hope another historian could tell us. >> allison, we talked b