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1783 and Georgia, to be Free, souvereign and independcnt states; that be treats with them as such; and for hiinself, bis beirs and successors, relinquisbes ail claims to tbe government , propriety , and territorial rigtbs of tbe same, and every part tbereof.
ART. II. Ând tbat ail disputes wbicb migbt arise in future on tbe subject of tbe boundaries of tbe said United-States may be prevented; it is bereby agreed and declared, tbat tbe folio wing are, and sball be , tbeir boundaries , viz. From tbe Nortb-West angle of Nova Scotia, viz. tbat angle wbicb îs formed by a Une drawn due nortb, from tbe source of Saint-Croix river to tbe Higslands, along tbe said Higblands wbicb divise tbose rivers tbat empty tbemselves into the river St. Lawrence, from tbose wbicb fall into tbe Atlantic Océan, to tbe nortb-westernmost bead of Conecticut river; tbence down along tbe middle of tbat river to tbe forty-fiftb degree ofnortb latitude; from tbence by a Une due west on said latitude until it strikes the river Iroquois or Catarquy; tbence along tbe middle of tbe said river into lake Ontario , tbrougb tbe middle of said lake , until it strikes tbe communication by watçr between tbat lake and lake £rie; tbence along tbe middle of said communication into lake Ërie tbrough tbe middle of said lake until it arrives at tbe water commoni- (fation between tbat lake and lake Huron ; tbence along tbe middle of said water communication into tbe lake Huron; tbence tbrough )be middle of said lake to tbe water communication between tbat lake and lake Superior; tbence tbrougb lake Superior, nortbward of tbe isles Royal and Pbelipeaux , to tbe Long-Lake and the water communication between it and tbe lake of tbe Woods , to tbe said lake of tbe Woods , tbence tbrougb tbe said lake tbo tbe most nortb-western point tbereof, and from tbence on a due west course to tbe river Mississipi ; tbence by a Une to be drawn along tbe middle of tbe said river Mississipi, until it sball intersect tbe nortbern-most part of tbe tbirty-first degree of nortb latitude ; — Soutb , by a Une to be drawn due east from tbe détermination of tbe Une last mentioned, in tbe latitude of tbirty-oTie degrees nortb of tbe Equator, to the middle of tbe river Apalacbicola or Cateboucbe ; tbence along the middle tbereof to its junction witb tbe FUnt river; tbence straigbt to tbe bead of St. Mary*s River , and tbence down along tbe middle of St. Mary's River to tbe Atlantic Océan : — East, by a Une to be drawn along tbe middle of tbe river St.-Croix, from its moutb in the bay of Fuudy to its source; and from ils source directly nortb to the aforesaid Higblands, wbicb divide the rivers tbat fall into tbe Atlantic Océan from tbose wbicb fall into tbe river St.-Lawrence : comprebending ail islands witbin twenty leagues of any part of tbe shores of
the United-States , and Jying between Unes to be drawn due east 1783 from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between NovaScotia on the one part, and £ast Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the bay of Foundy, and the Atlantic Océan; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore bave been, within the limits of the said province of Nova-Scotia.
Art. IIL It is agreed, that the peoplc of the United-States shall continue to enjoy, unmolested, the right to take fish of every kind on the grand bank and on ail the other banks of Neufoundland : aiso in the gulph of St. Lawrence , and ail other places in the sea where the inhabitant of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitans of the United-States shall hâve liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundiand as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays, andcreeks of ail other of his britannick Majesty's dominions in America; and that the American fischermen shall hâve liberty to dry and cure fish in any of the unsettled beys, harboùrs and creeks of Nova-Scotia, Magdalen-Islands, and Labrador, so long as the same shall remuin unsettled; but so soon as the same, or either of them, shall be settled , it shall not be lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fish at such settlement without a préviens agreement for that purpose with the inhabitants, proprietors, or possessors of the ground.
Art. lY. It is agreed, that creditors and either fide shall meet with no lawful impedlment tho the recovery of the fuU value in sterling money, of ail bona fide debts heretofore contracted.
Art. V. It is agreed, that the Gongress shall earnestly recommend it to the législatures of the respective states, to provide for the restitution of ail estâtes , rights , and properties, which hâve been confiscated belonging to real British subjects: and also of the estâtes, rights, and properties , of persons résident in districts in the possession of his Majesty's arms, and who hâve not borne arms against the said United-States ; and that persons of any other description shall bave free liberty to go to any part or parts of any of the Tirteen United-States, and therein to romain twelf months unmolested in endeavours to obtain the restitution of such of their estâtes, rights, and properties , as may hâve been confiscated : and that Gongress shall also earnestly recommend to the several states , a reconsideration and revision of ail acts or laws regarding the premises, so as to render the said laws or acts perfectly consistent not only with justice and equity , but with that spirit of conciliation which, on the retum of the blessings of peace , should universally prevail. And
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1 783 ihat Gongress shall also earnsily recommend to the several states, that the estâtes, rights, and properties, of such last-mentioned persons shall be restored to them, they refundlng to any persons who may be now in possession the bona fide priée ( where any has been given] which such persons may hâve paid on purchasing any of the said lands, rights or properties^ since the confiscation.
And it is agreed, that ail persons who hâve any interesi in coufiscated lands , either by debts, mariage settlements, or otherwise, shall meet with no lawful impediment in the prosecution of their just rights.
AnT. VI. That there shall be no future confiscations made , nor any prosecutions oommenced against any person or persons , for or by reason of the part which he or they may hâve taken m the présent war; and that no person shall, on that account, soffer any future loss or damage either in his person, liberty, or property; and that those who may be in confinement on such diarges at the time of the ratification of the treaty in America , shall be immedîately set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenoed be discontînued.
Art, Vn. There shall be a firm ane perpétuai peace between his britannick Majesty and the said States, and between the aabjects of one and the citizens of the other, wherefore, ail hostilities, both by sea and land, shall from hencefort cease; ail prisoners on both sides shall be sat at liberty, and his britannick Msjesty shall, with al convenient speed, an without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes, or other property of the American inhabitants, wilhdraw ail his armies, garrisons, and fleets, from the said United- States, and from every port, place, and harbour within the same; leavmg in ail fortifications the American artillery that may be therein; and shall also order and cause ail archives, records, deeds, and papers , belonging to any of the said States , or their citizens y which in the course of the war may hâve fallen into the hands of his ofiicers, to be forthvrith restored and delivered to the proper stales aod persons tho whom they beloug.
Art. VIII. The navigation of the river Mississipi, from its source to the Océan, shall for ever remain free and open to the subjects of Great-Britain, and the citizens of the United-States.
Art. IX. In case it should so happen, that any place or territory belonging to Great-Britain, or to the United-States, should hâve been conquered by the arms of either from the other, before the arrivai of the said provisional articles in America, it is agreed, that the same shall be restored wâthout difficulty, and vrithout requiring any compensation.
