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with that regard of theirs which I before enjoyed. And
considering how much I have been misrepresented, I hope
it will not now appear ostentatious in me, if I set forth
what has been my conduct, ever since the firft publication
of tie pamphlet Common Sense down to this day, on wnr h,
and on account of my reply to Mr. Deane, and in order to
support the liberty oi the press, and my right as a freeman,
I have been obliged to resign my office of Secretary for fo
reign affairs, which I held under Congress. But this, in
order to be compleat, will be published in the Crisis No. 8
of which notice will be given in the papers.
COMMON SENSE.
Philadelphia, January %th, 1779.
N. B. The 12th article in the Treaty of Amity and
Commerce is the article I alluded to in my last, and against
which Arthur Lee, Esq; had fom4 objections.
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On MONDAY the eighteenth inst. at Nine o'clock
in the morning, will be f,ld y Public Sah, at the
late dwe ling house of Charles Mooie, deceafid, in
Market-street,
A LARGE affortm^nt of Houfhold and Kitchen
Furniture, confiding of leather beds and b dding,
tables, chains, looking-gaffes, a quantity of plate, and
a variety of other things too tedious to insert ; pait of
the est ite ol Charles Moore, hattar, bate of this city,
deceased. Anu at the fame time will be fold, three
years and four months kafe of the alove heufe
All persons indebted to the laid estate are d fired to
call and pay the fame; an 4 all period having any de
mands the.eon are desired to bring in thur a cwuns to
the Executors, that they m^y r e paid.
ROBERT SMITH]
HENRY PRATT, ] Fxecut ^ rs -
IF Robert Moore, hatter, son of Ch^J s Moo e, ate
of the city of Philadelphia, haiter, de.eafed, is al ve, he
may hear of something to his advantage by Applying to
Robert Smith or Henry Pratt, Exeewers, &c. He was
inlifted in General Smallwood's dirifion. Anv person
or performs giving information to either of the above Ex
ecutors, will be thankfully rewarded,
JAMES BARNE S,
Has fer file at his store the corner of Second and Shp
p^n streets,
APPLE and RYE WHISKEY, by the hogs
head or barrel, on reasonable terms for cash only.
yojefeb Weft and David Tew,
Have for sale at the r store at the corner 0 Market and
Front street, oppofve th CJf^-hou^,
A N assortment of IRONMONGERY, among
which are the following articles, vz. (huvels and
tongs, caodlefticks, lathin, hammers, Singling hatch
ets, best two bolt rim locks, fades and (hovels of the
bell quality, chest and trunk locks, dovetail and other
hinges, chafing dishes, (crew pulies, fath do. and line,
coflee mills, box irons, tailors fli ars, best sere s ; ft el
tobacco boxes, fnuffers, filter and plated (hoe buckles,
fiber thimbles, (beep (hears, with a numberof ether ar
ticles too tedious 0 mention. Alio a fma!l ^ffrtment
of DRY GOODS, ennfiffing of yarn and worded
hose, silk ditto, gauzes, &c.&c. Likewise heft J maica
Spirits by the hoflhe^d, a tew kegs of Raisins and
Currants, &c. &c.
*, Mmy new Advertisements, and other matters,
are omitted this day for want of room, but fh.nl be at
tended to in our next.
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TREATY of AMITY and COMMERCE.
Article 1. OpHere (hall be a firm, inviolable and universal
1 pe ce, and a true and sincere friendfhip be
tween the Most Christian King, his heirs and fu.ceffors,
and the United States of America, and the sub efts ofthe
Most Christian Kins and oftheftid States, and between the
countries iflinds, cities and towns situate under the urif
diaion of the Most Christian King, and of rhe said United
States, and the people and in abitauts of eery degree,
without exception of persons or pla- es, and the terms here
in after mentioned, (hall be perpetual between the Most
Christian King, his heirs and successors, and the said Unit
ed States.
Article 2. The Most Christian King and the United
States engage mutually not to grant any particular favour
to other nations, in refpeft of commerce and navigation,
which (ball not immediately become common to the other
party, who flrll enjoy the fame favour freely, if the con
cession was freely made, or on allowing the fame : ompen
fation, if the conceffon was conditional.
Article ~ The fubje&s of the Most Christian King
fliall pay in the ports, havens, roads, countries, islands,
cities or towns of the United States, or any of them, no
other or greater duties or imposts, of what nature feever
they may be, or by what name soever called, than those
which the nations most favoured are or ihall be obliged to
pay. and they (hall enjoy all the rights, liberties, privi
leges, immunities and exemptions in trade, navigation an 1
commerce, whether in paffng from one port in the said
States to another, or in going to and from the fame, from
and to any part of the world, which the said nations do or
Dall enjoy.
Article 4 . The fub'eßs, people and inhabitants of the
said United States, and ea h of them, fliall not pay in the
port , havens, roads, islands, cities and places under the
domination of His Most C r riftian Majesty, in Europe,
any other or greater duties or imposts, of what nature so
ever they may be, or by what name soever called, than
those which the most favoured nations are or fliall be ob
liged to pay ; and they (hall en : cy all the rights, liberties
privileges, immunities, and exemptions in trade, naviga
tionand commerce, whether in passing from one port in
the said dominions in Europe, to another, or in going to
and from the fame, from and to any part of the world,
which the said nations do or (hall enjoy.
Article 5. In the above exemption is particularly com
prized, the imposition of o^e hundred Sous per ton, eftab
hihed i^ France an foreignfhips, unless when the fllips of
the United States fliall load with the merchandize ofFrance
for another port of the fame dominion; in which case the
said (hips (hill pay rhe duty above-mentioned, so longas
other nations the most favoured shall be obliged to pay it,
but it is understood, that the said United States,or any of
them, are at liberty, when they Ihall judge it proper, to
eflablifh a duty equivalent in the fame case.
Article 6. The Most Christian King shall endeavour,
by all the means in his power, to protest and defend all
vessels and the effects belonging to the fubj^fts, people or
inhabitants of the said United States, or any of them, being
in his ports, havens or roads, or on the seas near to his
countries, jflands, cities or towns ; and to recover and re
flore to the right owners, their agents or attornies, all
such vessels and effects which (half be taken within his
jurifdidien ; and the (hips of war of His Most Christian
Maj fly, or any convoy failing under his authority, fliall
upon all occasions, take under'their protection all vessels
belonging to the fubjefts, people or inhabitants of the said
United States, or any of them, and holding the fame
course, or going the fame way, and fliall defend such vtf
fels, As long as they hold the fame course, or go the fame
way, against all attacks, force or violence, in the fime
manner as they ought to protest and defend the vessels
belonging to the fub|e£ts of the Most Christian King.
Article 7. In like manner the said United States, and
their (hips of war, failing under their authority, fliall pre
text and defend, conformably s o the tenor of the proceed
ing article, all the vessels and effects belonging to the fub
jefts of the Most Christian King, and use all their endea
vours to recover, and cause to be restored, the said vessels
and effefts that ihall aye been taken within the jurifdic
t on of the said United States, or any of them.
Article 8. The Most Christian King will employ his
good offices and interpolation with the King or Emperor
c Morocco or Fez ; the Regencies of Algeirs, Tunis and
Tripoly, or with any of them : and also with every other
Prince, State or Power, of the coast of 1 arbary in Africa;
and the fubjeCts of the said King, Emperor, States and
Powers, qnd each of them, in order co provide as fully
and effica< ioufly as poffib'e for the benefit, conveniency
and fafety of the said United States, ans each of them,
their fubjefts, people and inhabitants, and their vessels
and effects, against all violence, insults, attacks or depre
dations, on the part of the said Princes, and States of Bar
bary, or their fubjeds
A tide 9. The fubefts, inhabitants, merchants, com
manders of (hips, masters and mariners of the States, Pro
vinces and Dominions of ea< h party r^fpeCtively, shall ab#
Rain and forbear to fifh in all places possessed, or which
shall be possessed by the other party , the Most Christian
King's sub efts fliall nut fifh in the : avens, bays creeks,
roads, coasts or places, which the said United States hold,
or shall hereafter hold ; and in like manner the fubjeds,
people and inhabitants oft efaid United States, shall not
fifh in the havens, bays, creeks, roads, coasts or places,
w ich the Most Christian King possesses, or shall hereaf
ter possess ; andif any fhp or vessel d all be found fifhing
contrary to the tenor of this Treaty, the fai 1 ship or ves
sel with its lading, (proof being made thereof) shall be
confifeated ; it is however understood that the exclusion
stipulated in the present article, fliall take place only f@
long, and so far as the Most Christian King or the Unit
ed States fliall not in this refpeCt have granted an exemp
tion to some other nation.
Article 10 Tiie United States, their citizens and inha
bitants, shall never disturb the sub efts of the Most Chris
tian King in the enjoyment nd exercise of the right of
fifhing on the banksof Newfoundland, nor in the indefi
nite and exclusive right which belongs to them on that
part of the coast of that island which is designed by the
Treaty of Utrecht, nor in the right relative to all and
eich of the isles which belong to His Most Christian M,-
jefty, the whole conformable to the true sense of the Trea
ties of Utrecht and Pans.
Article it. It is agreed and concluded, that there fliall
never be any duty imposed on the exportation of the mo
lasses that may be taken by tl e fubjeft of any of the U
nited States, from the islands of America, which belong
or may hereafter appertain to H.s Most Christian Majes
ty-
Article 12. In compensation of the exemption flipulated
by the proceeding article, it is a. reed and concluded, that
there shall never be any duties imposed on the exportation
of any kind of merchandize, which the fubjeas of HisMoft
Christian Majesty may take from the countries and posses
sions, present or future, of any of the Thirteen United
States, for the use of the islands wnich shall furnifh molas
ses.
Article 13. The fubjefts and inhabitants of the said Uni
ted States, or any one of them, sh 11 not be reputed Au
bains in France, and consequently shall be exempted from
the Diot C Au aine, or other similar duty, under what
name soever, they may by teftamqnt, donation or other
wise dispose of their goods, moveable and immoveable, in
favour of fu h persons as to them fhail seem good, and
their heirs, fub,efts of the said United States, residing
whether in France or elsewhere, may succeed them, &b in
tefta', without being obliged to obtain letters of naturali
zation, and without having tue effe& of this concession
contefled or impeded under pretext of any rights or pre
rogatives of provinces, cities or private persons, and the
said heirs, whether such by particular tile, or ab inte/at,
shall be exempt from all duty called Dreit de detraaion,
or other duty of the fame kind; Saving nevertheless the
local rights or duties as much and as long as similar ones
are not established by the United States, or any of them
The Subjects of the M@ft Christi n King shall en oy on
their part, in all the dominions^f thefaid States, an entire
and perfect reciprocity relative to the stipulations contain
ed in the present article : But it is at the fame time a reed
that its contents shall not effect the laws made, or that
may be made hereafter in France, against emigrations,
which shall remain in all their force and vigor, and the
United States on their part, or any of them, shall be at
liberty to ena& such laws, relative to that matter, as to
them shall seem proper.
Article 14. The merchant ships of either of the parties,
which shall be making into a port belonging to the enemy
ofthe other ally, and concerning whose voyage and the
species of goods on board her there fliall be uft grounds
of suspicion, Ihall be obliged to exhibit, as well upon the
high seas as in the ports and havens, not only her pass
ports, but likewise certificates, expressly dewing that her
goods are not of the number of those which have been
prohibited as contraband.
Article 15. If, by the exhibiting @f the dbove.fald cer
tificates, the other party difeover there are any of those
forts of goods which are prohibited and declared contra
band, and consigned for a port under the obedience of hi,
enemy; it shall not be lawful to break up the hatches of
such fllip, or to open any chest, cotfers, packs, calks of
any other vessels found therein, or to remove the (mallei'
parcels of her goods, whether such ship belongs to the fub
je&s of France, or the inhabitants of thefaid United States
unless the lading be brought on shore, in the presence of
the officers of the Court of Admiralty, and an inventory
thereof made, but there shall be no allowance to fell, ex
change, or alienate the fame in any manner, until after
that due and lawful process shall have been had against
such prohibited goods and the 1 ourt of Admiralty fliall
by a Sentence pronounced have confifeated the fame, Sav
ing always as well the ship itfelfas any other goods found
therein, which by this Treaty ^re to be efieemed free;
neither may they be detained on pretence of their being as
it were inst Red by the prohibited goods, much lets shall
they be confifeated as lawful prize; but if not the whole
cargo but only part thereof shall consist of prohibi ed of
contraband goods and the commander of the ship fhal be
ready and willing to deliver them to the captor who has
discovered them, in such case the captor having received
those goods, shall forthwith difeharge the ship and not
hinder her by any means freely to profacute the voyage oil
which she was bound. But in case the contraband merch
andizes cannot be all received on board the vessel of the
captor, then the captor may, notwithstanding theoffer of
delivering him the contraband goods, carry the vessel in
to the nearest port agreeable to what is above directed.
Article 16. On the contrary it is agreed, that whatever
fliall be found to be laden by the fubjeAs and inhabitants
of either party on any ship belonging to she enemies of
the other, or to their fubjefts; the whole, although it be
not of the fort of prohibited goods, may be confifeated in
the fame manner as if it belonged to the enemy, except
such goods and merchandize as were put on board such
ship before the declaration ofwar, or even after such de
claration, if so be it weredone withou knowledge of such
declaration, so that the goods of the fubiefts and people
of either pirty, whether they be ®fthe nature of such as
are prohibited or otherwise, which, as is aforefaid, were
put on board any flrip belonging to an enemy before the
war or after the declaration ofthe fame, without the know
ledge of it, shall no ways be liable to confifeatien, but
shall well and truly be re stored without delay to the pro
prietors demanding the fame; but so as that if the Said
merchandizes be contraband it fliall net be any ways law
ful to carry them afterwards to any ports belonging to the
enemy. The two comtraaing parties agree, that the term
of two months bein/ passed afttr the declaration of war,
their refpe&ive fubjeds, from whatever part ofthe world
th ey come, shall not plead the ignorance mentioned n this
ar icle.
Article 17. And that more effectual care may be taken
for the security of the sub efts and inhabitants of both par
ties, that they fuffer no injury by the men of war or pri
vateers of the other party, all the commanders of thefhips
of His Most Christian Majesty nd ofthe said United States,
and all their fubjefts and inhabitants, shall be forbid doing
any injury or damage to the other fide; and if they aft to
the contrary they fliall be punished, and shall moreover
be bound to make fatsfaHion for all matter of damage,
and the interest thereof, by reparation, under the pain and
obligation of their perfens and goods.
Articled. All ships and merchandize of what nature
foevtr, which shall be rescued out of the hands of any pi
rates or robbers on the high seas, shall be brought into
some port of either State, and shall be delivered to the
custody of the officers of that port, in order to be restored
intire to the truepropri tor, as soon as due and fufficient
proof shall be made concerning the property thereof.
Article 1,. It shall be lawful for the ships of war of ei
ther party, and privateers, freely to carry whitherfoever
they please, the flrips and goods taken from their enemies,
without being obliged to pay any duty to the officers of
the Admiralty or any other Judges; nor shall such prizes
be arrested or seized when they come to and enter the port
of either party; nor ihall the fear here or other officers of
those places search the fame or make examination concern
ing the lawfulnefs of such prizes; but the, may hoist fail
at any time, and depart and carry their prizes to the
places expressed in their commifFons, which the com
manders of such fh'ps ofw.r shall be obliged to frw;oa
the contrary, no shelter or refuge shall be given in their
ports to such as fliall have made prize of the fubje&s, peo
ple or property of either of the parties; but if such shall
come in being formed by ftrds of weather or the danger
es the sea, all proper means shall be vigorously used, that
they go out an d retire from thence as soon as poss ble.
Article 20. If any ship belonging to either of the par
ties, their people or fubjeds, shall within the coasts or
dom nions of the other flick upon the sands, or be wreck
ed or fuff r any other damage all friendly assistance %td
relief shall be given to the perfens shipwreck d, or such
as shall be in danger thereof. And letters of fife conduct
shall likewise be given to them for their free and quiet pas
sage from thence, and the return of every one to his own
country.
Article 2f. In case the fubjeßs and inhabitants of either
party, with their (hipping, whether public and of war or
private and of merchants, be forced through firefs of
weather, pursuit of pirates or enemies, or any other ur
gent necessity so seeking of shelter and harbour to retreat
and enter into any of the rivers, bays, roads or ports be
longing to the other party, they shall be received and
treated with all humanity and kirt nefs, ind enjoy all
friendly protection and help ; and they shall be permitted
to refrefli and provide themselves at reasonable rates with
victuals and all things needful for the sustenance of their
persons or reparation of their flip and conveniency of
their voyage, and they shall no ways be detained or hin
dered from returning out of the fai I ports or roads, but
may remove and depart when and whither they please,
without any let or hindrance.\
Article 22. For the better promoting of commerce on
both sides, tis agreed, that if a war should break out be
tween the aid two nations, fix months after the procla
mation of war shall be allowed to the merchant inthe ci
ties and towns where they l ; ve for felling and transporting
their goods and merchandizes; and if any thing be taken
from them, er any injury be done them within that term
by either party, or the people or fubjefts of either, full
fatisfadion shall be made for the fame.