...of reconciliation between Britain and the United States. By it, both countries bound themselves to "maintain in service on the coast of Africa a sufficient...or naval force of vessels, of suitable numbers and description, to carry in all not less than eighty guns, to enforce separately and respectively the...

...1o, 1841, and approved by the Senate ten days later. Article VI11 stipulated that each nation should "maintain in service, on the coast of Africa, a sufficient...descriptions, to carry in all not less than eighty guns." The two squadrons would be "independent of each other," but were to "act in concert and cooperation."157...

...patrol the coast in pursuit of slave ships: Article 8 — The parties mutually stipulate that each prepare, equip and maintain in service on the coast...vessels, of suitable numbers and descriptions ... to enforce separately and respectively the laws, rights and obligations of each of the two countries for...

...and boats of both parties. ART. 8. The parties mutually stipulate that each shall prepare, equip, nnd maintain in service, on the coast of Africa, a sufficient...of vessels, of suitable numbers and descriptions, tu carry in all not less than eighty guns, to enforce, separately and respectively, the laws, rights,...

...and 9 of their Boundary Treaty of 9 August 1842 (ibid., NRG 1 , IlI, 456) that each of them should prepare, equip, and maintain in service, on the coast of Africa, a sufficient and adequate squadron to enforce separately and respectively the laws against the slave-trade; that they would instruct their...

...in concert." The corresponding (the 8th) article in 4ur treaty was as follows: "Art. 8. The parlies mutually stipulate that each shall prepare, equip, and maintain in service, on ihe coast of Africa, a sufficient and adequate squadron, or naval force of vessels, of suitable numbers...