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ADDITIONAL ARTICLE.

"It is further agreed, between the said contracting parties, that the operation of so much of the twelfth article of the said treaty as respects the trade which his said Majesty thereby consents may be carried on between the United States and his islands in the West Indies, in the manner and on the terms and conditions therein specified, shall be suspended.” 1

1 In accordance with the provisions of the 5th article, the commissioners met at Halifax, in March, 1798, and determined the river St. Croix, but left unsettled the place of its source; this was left in dispute till 1842.

The commission provided for by the 6th article in respect to British debts, met in Philadelphia, and disposed of a number of claims, but on account of a disagreement the sessions of the commission were discontinued in 1798. On the 19th of March, 1798, Congress appropriated three millions of dollars for the payment of the awards up to that time. The remaining claims were settled by a convention signed in London by Rufus King, January 8, 1802, the United States agreeing to pay 600,000 pounds sterling.

The commission provided by the 7th article met in London, in 1796, and after many disputes and interruptions, finished its work the 24th of February, 1804. The awards against Great Britain amounted to about 1,284,177 pounds sterling, those against the United States to nearly 200,000 pounds (See Davis's notes, on Great Britain.)

When the commercial articles of the Jay treaty were about to expire in 1806, a new treaty was negotiated with England by Monroe and Pinckney; but because it contained no clause abandoning the claim to the right of "impressment," Jefferson declined to submit it to the Senate for its approval.

GREAT BRITAIN, 1814.

TREATY OF PEACE AND AMITY.

Concluded December 24, 1814.

February 17, 1815.

Ratifications exchanged at Washington Proclaimed February 18, 1815.

ARTICLE I. (Declaration of amity-restoration of territory.) All territory and places, except certain islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, to be restored, "and without causing any destruction or carrying away any of the artillery or other public property originally captured in the said ports or places, and which shall remain therein upon the exchange of ratifications of this treaty, or any slaves or other private property." All archives, records, deeds, etc., taken by either party to be restored.

The islands mentioned to remain in the possession of the occupier at the date of ratification until a decision thereon in accordance with the fourth article of this treaty.

ARTICLE II.-Hostilities to cease upon the ratification of the treaty, and prizes taken after that date to be restored, but with a time allowance for the intelligence of the peace to reach various parts of the seas of the world.

ARTICLE III.-Prisoners to be restored.

ARTICLE IV. (Boundaries-islands.)-Provides for the appointment of two commissioners to settle the disputed question of the Passamaquoddy islands "in conformity with the true intent of the said treaty of peace of one thousand seven hundred and eighty three." If the commissioners cannot agree, the matter to be referred to a friendly sovereign or State for decision.

ARTICLE V.-(Northeastern Boundary.)-Whereas neither that point of the highlands lying due north from the source of the river St. Croix, and designated in the former treaty of peace between the Powers as the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, nor the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, has yet been ascertained; and whereas that part of the boundary line be

tween the two dominions of the two Powers which extends from the source of the river St. Croix directly north to the abovementioned northwestern angle of Nova Scotia, thence along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, thence down along the middle of that river to the fortyfifth degree of north latitude; thence by a line due west on said latitude until it strikes the river Iroquois or Cataraquy, has not yet been surveyed: it is agreed that for these several purposes two Commissioners shall be appointed, sworn and authorized to act exactly in the manner directed with respect to those mentioned in the next preceding article, unless otherwise specified in the present article.

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The said Commissioners shall make a map of the said boundary, and annex to it a declaration under their hands and seals, certifying it to be the true map of the said boundary, and particularizing the latitude and longitude of the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, of the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River, and of such other points of the said boundary as they may deem proper.

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the event of the said two Commissioners differing. reference to a friendly sovereign or State shall be made in all respects as in the latter part of the fourth article.

ARTICLE VI.-(Boundary from river Iroquois or Cataraquy -St. Lawrence-to Lake Superior.)-To be referred to two commissioners, as in the preceding article.

ARTICLE VII.-(Boundary between Lake Superior and the Lake of the Woods.)-To be referred to the two commissioners named in the preceding article, with like conditions.

ARTICLE VIII.—Refers to details and proceedings of the various commissions mentioned in the four preceding articles. ARTICLE IX.-Hostilities with Indians to cease.

ARTICLE X.-(Abolition of the Slave trade.)-" Whereas the traffic in slaves is irreconcilable with the principles of humanity and justice, and whereas both His Majesty and the United States are desirous of continuing their efforts to promote its entire abolition, it is hereby agreed that both the contracting parties shall use their best endeavors to accomplish so desirable an object."

ARTICLE XI.—(Ratification.) Ratifications to be exchanged in four months.

"In faith whereof we, the respective Plenipotentiaries, have signed this treaty, and have thereunto affixed our seals. "Done, in triplicate, at Ghent, the twenty-fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.1

"GAMBIER.

"HENRY GOULBURN.
"WILLIAM ADAMS.

"JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.
"J. A. BAYARD.

"H.

"JONA. RUSSELL.

"ALBERT GALLATIN."

GREAT BRITAIN, 1815.

CONVENTION TO REGULATE COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.

Concluded July 3, 1815. Ratifications exchanged at Washington December 22, 1815.

ARTICLE I. and II.-(Commerce between the United States. and British possessions in Europe.)-Commerce and navigation between the United States and British possessions in Europe to be free, with no discriminating duties of any kind. Compare with Articles XIV. and XV. of the treaty of 1794.

ARTICLE III.-(East India trade.)-Similar to Article XIII. of the treaty of 1794, except that certain East India ports are designated.

American vessels may touch for refreshments, but not for commerce," at the Cape of Good Hope, the island of St. Helena, or such other places as may be in the possession of Great Britain, in the African or Indian seas."

1 The commissioners provided for by the fourth article met in New York, and completed their work in November, 1817.

Those under the 6th article completed their work, and so reported in June, 1822.

ARTICLE IV.-Consuls may be appointed. See Article XVI of the treaty of 1794.

ARTICLE V. (Duration of the convention-ratification.)-To be binding for four years from the date of signature; and to be ratified within six months.

Signed by

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.

H. CLAY.

ALBERT GALLATIN.

FREDERICK JOHN ROBINSON.

HENRY GOULBURN.

WILLIAM ADAMS.

DECLARATION RELATING TO ST. HELENA.

"The undersigned, His Britannick Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in the United States of America, is commanded by His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, acting in the name and on the behalf of His Majesty, to explain and declare, upon the exchange of the ratifications of the convention concluded at London on the third of July of the present year, for regulating the commerce and navigation between the two countries, that, in consequence of events which have happened in Europe subsequent to the signature of the convention aforesaid, it has been deemed expedient, and determined, in conjunction with the allied sovereigns, that St. Helena shall be the place allotted for the future residence of General Napoleon Bonaparte, under such regulations as may be necessary for the perfect security of his person; and it has been resolved, for that purpose, that all ships and vessels whatever, as well British ship and vessels as others, excepting only ships belonging to the East India Company, shall be excluded from all communication with, or approach to, that island.

"It has therefore become impossible to comply with so much of the third article of the treaty as relates to the liberty of touching for refreshment at the island of St. Helena, and the ratifications of the said treaty will be exchanged under the explicit declaration and understanding that the vessels of the

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