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ARTICLES agreed upon by and between Richard Oswald, Efq. the Commifljoner of his Britannick Majefty for treating of peace with the Commiflioners of the Unit- ed States of America, in behalf of hi: faid Majefty on the one part, and John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens, four of the Commif- fioners of the faid States for treatiog of peace with the Commiffioner of his faid Majefty on their behalf on the other part, to be inferted in, and to coniHtute a treaty of peace propofed to be concluded between B the 1 «»'»!"«lVA'iKfl|Hf"M»W"' ^ ( ^ 1 the Crown of Great Britain and the faid United States ; but which treaty is not to be concluded until terms of a peace fhall be agreed upon between Great Britain and France ; and his Britannick Majefly (hall be ready to conclude fuch treaty accord- ingly. , . »■•■ . ' ' . . i 'IIFREAS reciprocal advantr.ges and mutual convenience i^re found by experience to form the only perma- nent foundation of peace and friendfliip be- tv/jcen States, it is agreed to form the Articles of the propofed Treaty on fuch principles of liberal equity and reciprocity, as that partial advantiigfis (thofe feeds of difcord) being ex- cluded, fuch r. beneficial and fatisfa<3:ory in- tercourle between the two countries may be eflabliflied, as to promife and fccure to both perpetual peace and harmony. A R T I C L E I. His Britannick Majefly acknowledges the faid United States,- viz. New Hamplhire, Mallachufetts Bay, Rhode liland and Provi- dence Plantations, Conncdicut, New- York, New Jerfey, Pen nfy I vania, Delaware, Mary- land, Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro- lina, and Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign, and . Independent States : that he treats with them as fuch ; and for himfelf, his heirs and fuc- celTors, -^Si» ( 3 ) ccflbrs, rclinqulflies all claim to tlie govern- ment, propriety, "and territorial ri^ijhts of the fame, and every part thereof: nr.d that all difputes which might arife in future, on the fubjedl of the boundaries of the fuid United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are, and fliall be their boundaries, viz. \, ARTICLE ir. From the north-weft angle of Nova-Scotia, viz. That angle which in formed by a line drawn due north from the fource of St. Croix River to the Highlands, along the faid iflands which divide thofe rivers that empty themfelves into the River St. Lawrence from thofe which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the north- wefternnioft head of Connedticut River ; thence dovv'n along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north lati- tude ; from thence bv a line due weft on faid latitude, until it ftrikes the River Iroquois or Cataraquy ; thence along the middle of faid river into Lake Ontario, through the middle of faid lake, until it ftrikes the communica- tion by water between that Lake aiid Lake Erie i thence along the middle of faid com- munication into Lake Erie, through the mid-^ die of faid Lake, until it arrives at the wa^^ ter communication between that Lake and Lake Huron ^ thence along the middle of B 2 faid ,' \i ( 4 ) faid water communication between that Lake and Lake Superior; thence through Lake Superior, northward of the Ifles Royal and Phelipeaux, to the Long Lake ; thence through the middle of faid Long Lake, ancl the water communication between it and the Lake of the Woods, to the faid Lake of the Woods ; thence through the faid Lake to the moft north-wedern point thereof, and from thence on a due weft courfe to the River Mif- iiflippi ; thence by a line to be drawn along the middle of the faid River Mifliffippi, un- til it fhall interfedt the northernmoft part of the thirty-firft degree of north latitude. — South, by a line to be drawn due eaft from tlie determination of the line laft mentioned in the latitude of thirty -one degrefs north of the Equator, to the middle of the River Apala- chicola or Catahouche -, thence along the iniddle thereof to its jundion with the Flint kiver ; thence ftrait to the head of St. Mary's River, and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's River to the Atlantic Ocean.— Eaft, by a line to be drawn along the middle of the River St. Croix, from its mouth in the Bay of Fundy, to its fource ; and from its fource diredly north, to the aforefaid Highlands which divide the Rivers that fall into the Atlantic Ocean from thofe which fall into the River St. Lawrence, compre- hending all iflands within twenty leagues of any part of the {hore^ of the United fc^tates, and I t { s ) dnd lying between lines to be drawn due eaft from the points where the aforcfaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and Eaft Florida on the other, fhall rcfpedtivcly touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean, excepting fuch iflands as now are, or heretofore have been, within tlie limits of the faid Province of Nova Scotia. ARTICLE III. It is agreed, that the people of the United States fhall continue to enjoy unmoleftcd the right to take fifh of every kind on the Grand Bank, and on all the other Banks of New- foundland, alfo in the Gulph of Saint Law- rence, and at all other places in the fea where the inhabitants of both countries ufed at ary time heretofore to fifh. And alfo that the inhabitants of the United States fliall have liberty to take fifli of every kind on fuch part of the coaft of Newfoundland as Britifli fifhermen ihall ufe (but not to dry or cure the fame on that iiland), and alfo on the coafts, bays and creeks of all other of his Britannick Majefty's dominions in America j and that the American fifhermen {hall have liberty to dry and cure fifh in any of the un- fettled bays, harbours and creeks of Nova- Scotia, Magdalen Iflands, and Labrador, fb long as the fame fhall remain un fettled ; but ib foon as the fame, or cither of them, fhall be C 6 ) be fettled, it fhall not be lawful for the fild fidiermen to dry nr euro: fiih at fuch fettle- ment, without a previous agreement for that purpofe with the inhabitants, proprietors, or polleffors of the ground. . 4 I* ARTICLE iV. Jt is/ agreed, that creditors on either fide ihall meet with no lawful impediment to the recovery of the full value in fterling money of all bondjide debts heretofore contradted. . ^^ ' • A R T I C L E V. • ' V It is agreed, that the Congrefs Ihall earneft- ly recommend'it to the Legiflatures of the refpedive States, to provide for the reftitu- tion of all eilates, rights and properties which have been confifcated belonging to real Bri- ti(h fubjed:s ; and alfo of the eftates, rights and properties of perfons relident in diftridts in the poifefiion of his Majefty's arms, and who have not borne arms againft the faid- United States : and that perfons of cny other. defciiption fliall have frte liberty to go to any part or parts of any of the Thirteen United, States, ar.d therein to remairi twelve months unmolefted in their endeavours to obtain the rcftitution of luch of their eilates, rights and; properties as may have been confifcated. And that Congrefs lliall alio earneflly rc« commend ( / ) commend to the feveral States a reconndera- tion and revifion of all adts or laws regard- ing the premifes, fo as to render the laid laws or a6ts perfedly confident, not only with juftice and equity, but with that fpirit of conciliation which on the return of the blef- fings of peace fhould iiniverfdly prevail. And that Congrefs Ihall alio earneflly recom- mend to the feveral Stat^:s, that the eilates, rights and properties of fuch hft-mentioncd perfons fliall be reftored to them ; they re- funding to any perfons who may be now in polfeffion the bomjide price (wliCi^ any has been given) which fuch perfons may have paid on purchaling any of the faid lands or properties fince the confifcation. And it is agreed, that all pcrlbns who liave any interelt in confifcated lands cither by debts, marriage-fettlements, or cthcrwiiC, ftiall meet with no lawful impediment in the profecu tion of their ju(i: rights. ARTICLE VI. That there (hall be no future confilcntlons made, nor any proiccution^i commciicod againfl any perlbn or perfons for or l^y reafon of the part which he or they may have t.?J;en in the prefent war; and that no perfon Ihall on that account fuffer any future lofj or da- mage, either in his perfon, liberty or ];ro]H'r- ty i and that thofe \/ho may be in confine- ment / ( 8 ) ment on fuch charges at the time of the ra- tification of the treaty in America, fhall be immediately fct ^t liberty, and the profecu- tions fo couimenced be difcontinued. ARTICLE VJI. There (hall be a firm and perpetual peace between his Britannick Majefty and the faid States, and betv^en the fubjefts of the one and the citizens of the other : wherefore all hoftilities both by fea and land (hall then im- mediately ceafe -, all prifoners on both 'fides fhall be fet at liberty ; and his Britannick Majelly {hall with all convenient fpeed, and without caufing any deftruftion or carrying away cny negroes, or other property of the American Inhabitants, withdraw all his ar- mies, garrilbns, and fleets from the faid United States, and from every port, place, and harbour within the fame ; leaving in all fortifications the American artillery that may be therein : and fhall alfo or- der and caufc all archives, records, deeds and papers belonging to any of the faid States, or their citizens, which in the courfe of the war may have fallen into the hands of his officers, to be forthwith rc- flored and delivered to the proper States and perfons to whom they belong. AR. ( $ y Article viir. Thenavigation of the Mifliffippi, from Its fource to the ocean, rtiall for ever remain free and open to the fubje£ts of Great Britain, and the citizens of the United States. A R T I C L E IX. In cafe it (hould fo happen, that any place or territory belonging to Great Britain, or to the United States, fhould bt conquered by the arms of either from the other, before the arrival of thefe Articles in America j it is agreed, that the fame fhall be reftored without difficulty, and without requiring any com- penfatiouw Done at Paris, the thirtieth day of No- ;rember, in the year one thoufand feven hun- dred eighty -two>. J Richard Oswald, (L. S.) John Adams, (L. S.) B. Franklin^ (L. S.) f John Jay, (L. S.) Henry Laurej^s, (L. S.) Witnefs Caleb Whitefoord, Secretary to the Britifh Commiffion. W. S. Franklin, Secretary to the American CommlfTion, " ^^ Than* ( 10 ) Tr AMsLATioN of the PRELIMINARY ARTICLES of PEACE between HIS BIUTANNICK MA- JESTY and the MOST CHRISTIAN KING» figiied at Versaillus, the 20th of January, 1783. IN the Name of the Moft Holy Trinity ! The King of Great Britain and the Mod Chriftian King, equally animated with a de- fire of putting an end to the calamities of a deflruclive war, and of rc-e{labli(hing union and good underftanding between them, as necefTary for the good of mankind in ge- neral, as for that of their refpetftive king- doms, dates and fubjcdts, have named for this purpofe, viz. on the part of his Britan- nick Majefly, Mr. Alleyn. Fitzherbert, Mi- nifter Plenipotentiary of his faid Majefty the King of Great Britain; and on the part of his Mofl Chriftian Majefty, Charles Gra- vier Compte de Vergennes, Councillor in all his Councils, Commander of his Orders, Councillor of State, Minifter and Secretary of State, and of the Commands and Finan- ces of his faid Majefty, for the department of foreign affairs ; who, after having duly communicated to each other their full pow- ers in good form, have agreed on the follow- ing preliminary articles : AR. II ARTICLE I. As foon as the preliminaries fhall be figtied and ratified, finccre friendfliip fliall be rc- cftablifhed between his Britannick Majefty and his Moft Chriftian Majefty, their king- doms, flatcs, and fubjeds, by Tea and by hmd in all parts of the world. Orders fhall be lent to the armies and fquadrons, as well as to the fubjeds of the two Powers, to flop all hofti - lities, and to live in the moft perfc6t union, forgetting what is pafled, of which their So- vereigns give them the order and example ; and for the execution of this article, fea paf- fes fhall be given on each fide for the fliips which fhall be difpatched to carry the news of it to the pofTcflions of the faid Powers. A R-T I C L E II. His Majeftythe Kingof Great Britain fhall preferve in full right the Ifland of Newfound- land, and the adjacent iflands, in the fame manner as the whole was ceded to him by the 13th article of the treaty of Utrecht, fave the exceptions which fhall be ftipulatcd by the 5th article of the prefent treaty; A T I C L E III. His Moft Chriftian Majefty, in order to prevent quarrels which have hitherto arifen between the two nations of England and C 1 France. ii«yi*?,T. .'»v«?fir I I ( 12 ) France, renounces the right of fifhing, which belongs to him by virtue of the faid article of the treaty of Utrecht, from Cape Bona- yifta to Cape St. John, fituated on the eaftern coafi: of Newfoundland^ in about 50 degrees of north- latitude ; whereby the French fifh^ ery (hall commence at the faid Cape St. John, fhall go round by the north, and go- ing down the wcftern coaft of the Ifland of Newfoundland, {hall have for boundary the place called Cape Raye, iituated in 47 de- grees 50 rninutes latitude, A R T I C L E IV. The French fifliermen fhalf enjoy the fifhery affigned them by the foregoing arti- cle, as they have a right to enjoy it by virtue of the treaty of Utrecht. A R T I C L E V. His Britannick Majeily will cede in full right to his Moft Chrirtian Majefty, the lllands of St Pierre and Miauelon. ARTICLE VI. With regard to the right of fifliing in th. Gulph of vSt. Lawrence, the French fhal continue to enjoy it conformably to the 5th article of the treaty of Paris. AR^ ( 13 ) ARTICLE VII. The King of Great Britain (hall rcflore to France the Ifland of St. Lucia, and fliall cede apd guaranty to her that of 1 obago. ARTICLE Vin. The Moft Chriftian King (hall reflore to Great Britain the Iflands of Grenada and the Grenadines, St. Vincent's, Dominica, St, Chriftopher's, Nevis, and Montferrat ; and the fortrelTes of thofe iflands, conquered by the arms of Great Britain and by thofe of France, fhall be reftored in the fame condi- tion in which they were when the conqueft of them was made ^ provided that the term of eighteen months, to be computed from the time of the ratification of the definitive treaty, ftiall be granted to the refpedive fubjeds of the Crowns of Great Britain and France who may have fettled in the faid iflands, and in other places which fliall be reflored by the definitive treaty, to fell their eftates, recover their debts, and to tranfport theireffeds, and retire, without being restrain- ed on account of their religion, or anv other pretence whatever, except in cafes of debt, pr of criminal proifecutions. AR" TBrS*BPV ( u ) *1 If t I is n ARTICLE IX. The King of Great Britnin (liall cede and guaranty in full right to his Mofl ChrifHan Majeily, the river of Senegal and its depen- dencies, with the forts of St. Louis, Podor, Galam, Arguin, and Portendie. His Bri- tannick Majefty fliall reflore like\ "fe the illand of Goree, which fliall be given up in the condition in which it was when the Bri- tifh arms took poifeliion of it. , A R T I C L E X. • The Moft Chriftian King ihall on his fide guaranty to his Majefty the King of Great- Britain the pofleflidn of Fort James, and of the River Gambia. ' . f \ : ■•? ARTICLE XL In order to prevent all difcuflion in that part of the world, the two Courts fliall agree, either by the definitive treaty or by a feparatc ad:, upon the boundaries to be fixed to tKeir refpedtive polfefilons. — The gum trade fhall be carried on in future, as the Englifli and French nations carried it on before the year ^755' A R. ( '5 ) A R T I C L K XII. In regard to the reft of the coafts of Afri- ca, the fuhjcds of both Powers Ihall conti- nue to frequent them according to the cuf- tom which has prevailed hitherto. ARTICLE XIII. The King of Great Britain fhall reftore to his Moft Chriftian Majefty all the eftablifli- ments which belonged to him at the com- mencement of the prefent war on the coaft of Orixa and in Bengal, with liberty to fur- round Chandernagor with a ditch for drain- ing the waters ; and his Britannick Majefty engages to take fuch meafures as may be in his power for fecuring to the fubjedls of France in that part of India, as alfo on the coafts of Orixa, Coromandel and Malabar, a fafe, free and independent trade, fuch as was carried on by the late French Eaft-India Company, whether it be carried on by therai as individuals or as a Company. ARTICLE XIV. Pondicherry, as well as Karical, ftiall likcti wife be reftored and guarantied to France ; and his Britannick Majefty fhall procure, to fcrve as a dependency round Pondicherry, the two diftri(^s of Valanour and Bahour i and as ( '6 ) as a dependency round Karical, the four con-» tjVuous Magans. ARTICLE XV. France fhall again enter into pofleffion of Mahe, and of the Comptoir at Surat, and the French Ihall carry on commerce in this part of India conformably to the principles laid down in the 13th article of this treaty. iw ARTICLE XVL In cafe France has allies in India, they fhall be invited, as well as thofe of Great Britain, to accede to the prefent pacification : and for that purpofe, a term of four months, to be computed from the day on which the propo- fal fliall be made to them, fhall be allowed them to make their decifion ; and in cafe of refufal on their part, their Britannick and Moil Chriftian Majefties agree not to give them any alTiftance, diredlly or indirectly, againft the Britifli or French polTeflions, or againfl: the ancient poflcfllons of their refpec- tive allies ; and their faid Majefties {hall offer them their good offices towards a mutual ac- commodation. ARTICLE XVII. The Kingof Great Britain, defirous of giv- ing his Moll Chriftian Majefty a fincere proof of ( 'y ) bf reconciliation and friendfliip, and of con- tributing to the folidity of tlic peace which is on the point of being rc-eftabhflied, will confent to the abrogation and fuppreflion of all the articles relative to Dunkirk, from the treaty of peace concluded at Utrecht in i p 3^ inclufively, to this time. ARTICLE XVIII. By the definitive treaty, all thofe which have exifted till now between the two high contracting parties, and which (hall not have been derogated from, either by the faid trea- ty, or by the prefent preliminary treaty, (hall be renewed and confirmed j and the two Courts (hall name Commiflioners to enquire into the flate of commerce between the two nations, in order to agree upon new arrange- ments of trade, on the footing of reciprocity and mutual convenience. The faid two Courts fljall, together, amicably fix a compe- tent term for the duration of that bufinefs. ARTICLE XIX. All the countries and territories which may have been, or which may be conquered, in any part of the world whatfoever, by the arms of his Britannick Majefty, or by thoie of his Mofl Chriftian Majefty, and which are not included in the prefent articles^ fhall be D rcftored ( i8 ) rcftored without difficulty, and without re- quiring conipcnfatioa. A R T I C L E XX. As it is necefiliry to aflign a fixed epoch for the rcftitutions and the evacuations to be mz:de by each of the high con trading par- ties, it is agreed, that the King of Great Britain fhall caufc to be evacuated theiflands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, three months after the ratification of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done ; Saint Lucia in the Weft-Indies, and Goree in Africa, three months after the ratification of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done. The King of Great Britain fliall in like manner at the end of three months after the ratifica- tion of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done, enter again into pofiTeffion of the iflands of Grenada, the Grenadines, Saint Vincent, Dominica, Saint Chrillo- pher's, Nevis, and Montferrat. France fliall be put into poficflion of the towns and Comptoirs which are reftored to her in the Eaft-Indies, and of the territo- ries T.'hich are procured for her to ferve as dependencies round Pondicherry and round Karical, fix months after the ratification of the definitive treaty, or fooner if it can be done, France ( '9 ) France fhall at the end of the fame term of fix months, reflore the towns and terri- tories which her arms may have taken from the Englifli, or their allies, in the Eall- Indies. In confequencc whereof, the neceilary or- ders fhall be fent by each of the high contradl- ing parties, with reciprocal paflports for th« fliips which fhall carry them, immediately «ftcr the ratification of the definitive treaty. «c ARTICLE XXI. The prifoners made refpedlively by the arms of his Britannick Majefly and his Mofl Chriflian Majefly, by land and by fea, fhall be reflored reciprocally and bond fide imme- diately after the ratification of the definitive treaty, without ranfom, and on paying the debts they may have contrafted during their captivity ; and each Crown ihall refpe<5lively reimburfe the fums which fhall have been advanced for th? fubfiflence and inaintenance of their prifoners by the fovereign of the country where they fliall have been detained, according to the receipts and attefled accounts and other authentic titles whiph fjiall bq produced on each fide, D* AR- ( »o ) ARTICLE XXII. In order to prevent all caufes of complain! and difputc which may arife on account of prizes which may be made at fea 'ufter the iigning of thefe Preliminary Articles, it is reciprocally agreed, that the veffels and eft fe%. "^t- ■ ( 25 ) and occupy, without interruption, the houfes and magazines neceflary for them, for their families and for their effeds, in a place to be dgrced upon, either in the definitive treaty, or within (ik months after the exchange of the ratificatibns j and his faid Catholick Ma- jfefty aiTures to them, by this article, the intire enjoyment of what is above ftipnlated, provided that thefe ftipulations fliall not be cbnfidered as derogatory in any relped fron^ the rights of his fovcrei jnty. .1.; i *: ARTICLE V. His Catholick Majefty (hall reflore to Great Britain the illands of Providence and the Ba- hamas, without exception, in the fame con- dition in which' they were when they were conquered by the arms of the King of Spain, . i ARTICLE VI. All the countries and territories which may ha^e been, or i*nay be conquered in any part of the world whatfoever, by the arms of his Britannick Majefty, or by thofe of his Catho- lick Majefty, and which are not included in the prefent Articles, mail be reftored v^^ith- out difficulty, and without requiring com* pe^fation. '".' ^ . ' E A R- :-^ uf*^' .-ff^ ( 26 ) ARTICLE VII. % the definitive treaty, all thofe which have exifled till now between the two high contrading parties, and which fhall not be derogated from either by the faid treaty, or by the prefent Preliminary Treaty, fhall be renewed and confirmed, and the two Courts ihall name Commiflloners to enquire into the Hate of commerce between the two nations, in order to agree upon new arrangements of ' trade, on the footing of reciprocity and mu- tual convenience -, and the tvyo faid Courts fliall together amicably fix a competent term for the duration of that bufinefs. ARTICLE VIII. As it is neceffary to aflign a fixed epoch for tbe rcflitutions and evacuations to be made ^y each of the high contrafting parties, it is ugreed, that the King of Great Britain fhall caufe Eafl Florida to be evacuated three montlis after the ratification of the definitive ti'eaty, or fooner, if it can be done. The King of Great Britain ihall likewifc enter again into polTefTion of the Bahama Illands, without exception, in the fpace of three months after the ratification of the de- finitive treaty. In confequence whereof, the neceflary orders fhal^ be feat by each of the high con trading parties. im»M^. or ( 27 ) parties, with reciprocal palTports for the fhips which fhall carry them immediaiely after the ratification of the definitive treaty, ARTICLE IX. The prifoners made refpe£lively by the arms of his Britannick Majefty and his Ca- thoHck Majefty by fea and by land, fhall, im- mediately after the ratification of the defini- tive treaty, be reciprocally and i^o?2a Jids re- ftored witiiout ranfom, and on paying the debts they may have contraded during their captivity ; and each Crown fhall refpedively reimburfe the fums which fliall have been advanced for the fubfillence and maintenance of their prifoners by the Sovereign of the country where they ihall have been detained, according tq the receipts and citteftcd ac- counts, and other authentic titles, which ihall be produced on each fide. ARTICLE X. In order to prevent all caufes of complaint and difputes which may arife on account of prizes which may be made at fea after the iigning of thefe Prelimintiry Articles, it is reciprocally agreed, that the (hips and ef- fet^s which may be taken in the Channel, or in the North Seas, after the fpace of twelve days, to be computed from the ratification of the prefent Preliminary Articles, fhall be re- ilored on each fide. That I ■^■p^ Si li • r , • . ^.- That thelem ffiffl"!fe' tone'femi^ feii^ the Channel and the North Se^s as far as the Canary Iflands inclufively, whether in the Ocean or in the Mediterranean j two months from the fuid Canary Iflands. as far as the Jilquinodial Line, or Equator ; and, laftly, five nionths in all parts of the world with- out exception, or other more defcription of time and place, ■:*r^^^:,r:^f^^^h4^\,!^^.^^>^y-^/^.^^ • The ratifications of the prefent Preliminary Articles (hall he expedited in good and due form, and exchanged in the fpace of one month, or fooner if it can be done, to be computed from the day of the iignature of the prelent Articles. ;':5ii'f '^mtr-:^;^ In wltnefs whereof we tne uiiaer- Minifters Plenipotentiary of his liritannick ^^ Majefly and of his Catholick Majefty, by vir- tue of our refpeftive powers, have agreed iipon and iigned thele Preliminary Articles:^ ^; and have caufed the feal of our arms to be ;' put thereto. _, ' Done at Verfaillcs, the 20th day of Janutl - ^17, 1783, ''^:''-^^'r^-'^\->^j:'^^'^^-'h t;;r ...Tt.. 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