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Art. " d S '°°" ?' the Pre] iminaries shall be fign
r ratified, sincere friendfhip fliall
be re-ehaurlhed between 1), 8 Britannic Majefly and
ids Molt Chriltidii Majefly, their kingdoms, slates
ard febjetts, by sea and by land, in all pars of the
worlds Ureters shall b Cent to the arm es and squad
rons, as well as to the fubjefts of the two powers, to
fiop all hostilities, and to live in the most perfect uni
ou, forgetting what is passed, of which their Sovereigns
give them the order and example. And, f or the exe
cution ot this article, sea p&ffes shall be given on each
fide lor the ihips which shall be dispatched to carry the
news of it to the poffeihons o f the said powers.
Art. 2. His Majefly the King of Great-Britain shall
prHerve in sud rigut tne Island of Newfoundland, and
toe adjacent islands, in tne fame manner as the whole
was ceded to him by the thirteenth Article of the Trea
ty of Utrecht, five tne exceptions which shall be fli
puiated by the fifth Article of the present Treaty.
Art. 3. His Moil Chrift'ian Majefly, in order to
prevent quad r is which hare hitherto arisen between the
two nauuns of England and France, renounces the
right of tithing, which belongs to him by virtue of
& e said Article of the Treaty of Utrecht, from Cape
Bunavifia to Cape St. John fituatel on theeaflern
coast of Newfoundland, in abut fifty degrees of North
Latitude; whereby the French fifhery sh II commence
at the laid tape St. John, shall go round by the
North, and, going down the wefern coast of the
Island of Newfoundland, shall have for boundary the
place called Cape Raye, situated io 47 degrees 50
minutes latitude.
Art. 4. The French fifhermen shall enjoy the fifli
ery Aligned t^em by the foregoing article, as they have
aright to enjoy it by virtue of the Treaty of Utrecht.
Art. 5. His Britannic Majefly will cede in full right
to his Most Chriflian Mayfly the islands of St. Pierre
and Miquelon.
Art. 6. With regard to the right of fitting in the gu'ph
cf St. Lawrence, the French shall continue to enjoy it
conformably to the s'h article of the Treaty of Paris.
Art. 7. The King of Great Britain shall restore to
France the illand of St. Lucia, and shall cede and gua
rantee to her that of Tobago.
Art. 8. The Most Chriflian King shall jeflore to
Great-Britain the islands of Grenada and the Grena
dines, St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Chriflopher's, Ne
vis, and Montserrat; and the fortreffes of those ifl
lands conquered by the arms of Great Britain and by
tnofe of France, shall be teftored in the fame conditi
on in which they were when the conqueftof them was
made, provided that the term of eighteen months, to
be computed from the time of the ratification of the
definitive treaty, shall be granted to the refpe&ive fub
jeßs of the Crowns of Great Britain and France, who
may have fettled in the said islands, and in other pla
ces which fnall be restored by the definitive treaty, to
fell their estates, recover their debts, and to transport
their effects and retire without being retrained, on ac
count of their religion, or any other whatever, except
in cases of debt or of criminal prosecutions.
Art. 9. The King of Great Britain shall cede and
guarantee in full right to his Most Chriflian Majefly
the river of Senegal and its dependencies, with the forts
of St. Louis, Podor, Galam, Arguin and Portendu.
His Britannic Majefly shall restore, likewise, the island
of Goree, which shall be given up in the condition in
which it was when the British arms tock pofft ffion of it.
Art. 10. The Most Chriflian King shall, on his fide,
guarantee to bis Majefly, the King of Great Britain,
the poss ffion of Fort James, and of the river Gambia.
Art. 11. In order to prevent all difeuffions in that
part of the world, the two Courts shall agree, either by
the definitive treaty, cr by a separate aft, upon the
boundaries to be fixed to their refpe&ive possessions.
The gum trade shall be carried on in future as the English
and French nations carried it on before the year 1755.
Art. 12. In regard to the rest of the coaHs of Afri
ca, the fubjeds of both powers shall continue to fre
quent them, according to the custom which has pre
vailed hitherto.
Art. 13. The King of Great-Britain shall restore to
His Most Coriffito Majefly all the eflablifhments
which belonged to him at the commencement of the
present war on the coast of Orixa, and in Bengal, with
liberty to surround Chandernagor with a ditch for
draining the waters; and his Britannic Majefly engages
to take such measures as may be in his power for se
curing to the fubjeds of France, in that part of India,
as ado on the coast of Orixa, Coromand I, and Mala
bar, a fa fe, free, and independent trade, such as was
carried on by the late French Eaf ilndia Company,
whether it be carried on by them as individuals or as
a company.
Art. 14. Pondicherry, as wed as Karical, fnall
likewise be restored, and guaranteed to France; and
lis Britannic Majefly shall procure, to serve as a de
pendency round Pondicherry, thetwo diaries of Vala
nour and Bahour; and as a dependency round Kari
cal. the four contiguous Magans.
Art. 15. France shall again enter into pofftffion of
Mahe, and of the Comptoir at Surat ; and the French
shall carry on commerce in this part of India conform
ably to the principles laid down in the thirteenth arti
cle of this treaty.
Art. 16. In case France has Allies in India, they
shall be invited, as well as those of Great-Britain, to
accede to the present pacification; and for that pur
pose a term of four months, to be computed from the
day on wl ic 1 the proposal sh 11 be made to them, shall
be allowed them to make their decifioa; and in case of
The Printer takes the earliest Opportunity of laying before the Public the following most important
Intelligence, brought to town last Evening from New York, where it was received on Saturday
afternoon by a packet from England.
Translation of the Preliminary Articles of
Peace, between His Britannic Majefly
and the Most Chriflian King; signed at
Versailles the 20th of January, 1783.
In the Name of the Most Holy TRINIT Y.
TH E King of Great-Britain and the Most
Christian King, equally animated with a
desire of putting an end to the calamities of a
definitive war, and of re-establishing union and good
underfunding between them, as necessary for the good
of mankind in general as for that of their refpedive
kingdoms, Rates and fubjefls, have named for this
purpose, viz. on the part of his Britannic Majefly
Mr. Alleyne Fitz-Herbert, Minister Plenipotentiary
of his said Majefly the King of Great Britain; and
on the part 2, His Most Chriflian Majefly, Charles
Gravier, Comte de Vergennes, Counfellor in all his
council', Commander of his Orders, Counfellor of
State, Mmifter and Secretary of State, and of the
Commands and Finances of his said Majefly, for the
department of Foreign Affairs; who, after having
duly communicated to each other their fu'l powers in
good form, have agreed on the following Preliminary
Articles:
Supplement to the Pennsylvania Packet. Wednesday, April 9, 1783.
Authentic Copy of the Preliminary Articles of PEACE.
Philadelpl u, Printed by DAVID C, CLAYPOOLE, in Market-street,
refufal on their part, their Britannic and most Chrifi
an Majesties agree not to give them any assistance, di
reHly or indirectly,againft the British or French posses
sions, or against the ancient possessions of their respec
tive Allies ; and their said Majefti s shall offer them
their good offices towards a mutual accommodation.
Art. 17. The King of Great-Britain, drfrous of
giving his Most Chriflian Majefly a sincere proof of
reconciliation and friendfhip, and of contributing to
the solidity of the peace which is on the p®int of being
re-eflabbfhed, will content to the abrogation and sup
pression of all the articles relative to Dunkirk, from
the treaty of peace concluded at Utrecht in 1713, in
clusively to this time.
Art. iL By the definitive treaty, all those wh'ch
have exifled till now between the two High Contra&-
ing Parties, and which shall not have been derogated
from either by the said Treaty or by the present Pre
liminary Treaty, shall be renewed and confirmed;
and the two Courts shall name Commissioners to en
quire into the Bate of commerce between the two nati
ons, in order to agree upon new arrangements of
trade, on the footing of reciprocity and mutual conve
nience.—The said two Courts fha'l together amicably
fix a competent term for the duration of that business.
Art. 19. All the countries and territories which nay
have been, or which may be, conquered in any part cf
the world whatsoever, by the arms of his Britannic
Majefly, or by those of his Most Christian Majefly,
and which are not included in the present articles, shall
be restored without d faculty, and without requiring
compensation.
Art. 20. As it is necessary to assign a fixed epoch
for the reflitutions and the evacuations to be made by
each of the high contrasting parties, it is agreed, that
the King cf Great-Britain shall cause to be evacuated
the Islands of St. Pierre and Miquelon, three months
after the rat fixation of tie definitive treaty, or sooner
if it can be done ; St. I ucia in the Weft-Indies, and
Goree in Africa, three months after the ratification of
the definitive treaty, or sooner if it can be done. The
king of Great Britain shall, in like manner, at the end
of three months after the ratification of the definitive
treaty, or sooner if it can be done, enter again into
pofftffion of the Islands of Grenada, the Grenadines,
St. Vincent, Dominica, St. Christopher's, Nevis, and
M^ntferrat.
France shall be put into pofftffion of the towns and
comptoirs, which are reftertd to her in the Fart-Indies,
and of the territories which are procured for her, to
serve as dependencies round Pondicherry, and round
Karica l , fix Months after the ratification of the defini
tive Treaty, or sooner if it can he done.
France shall at the end of the fame term of fix months,
restore the towns and territories which her arms may
have taken from the English or their allies in the East-
Indes.
In consequence whereof, the necessary orders ffiafl
be sent by each of the high contrsglin^ P^Wwith
reciprocal passports for the fhips'wiiQ (halt c@rry
them, immediately after the ratificatiori-tf the defini
tive Treaty.
Art. 21. The prisoners rffide refp^j&ely oy,^&
arms of his Britannic Majefly, aft^bis Most Chffian
Majefly, by land and by fea,fhall be restored recipro
cally, and bona fide immediately after the ratification
of the definitive Treaty, without ransom, and on pay
ing the debts they may have contraHed during theirs
captivity; and each Crown shall refpeftively reimburse
the f' ms which shall have been advanced sos the fub
f/Pence and maintenance of their prisoners, by the So
vereign of the country where they shall have been de
taintd, according to the receipts and atteded accounts,
and other authentic titles which shall be produced on
each fide.
Art. 22. In order to prevent all causes of com
plaint and dispute which may arise on account of
prizes which may be made at Sea .after the signing of
these preliminary articles,it is reciprocally agreed, that
the vtffels and effeds which may be taken in the
Channel and the North Seas, after the (pace of twelve
days, to be computed from the ratification of the pre
sent preliminary articles, shall be restored on each
fide. That the term shall be one month from the
Channel and North Seas, as far as the Canay Islands,
inclusively, whether in the Ocean or in the Mediter
ranean. Two months from the said Canary Islands,
as far as the Equinoctial fine or Equator; and lastly,
five months in all other parts of the World, without
any exception or any other more particular descrip
tion of time and place.
Art. 23. The ratification of the present preliminary
articles, shall be expedited in good and due form, and
exchanged in the space of one month, or sooner if it
can be ^one, to be computed from the day of the sig
nature of the present articles.
In witness whereof, we, the underwritten Ministers
plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majefly, and of his
Most Chriflian Majefly, by virtue of our refpeßive
full powers, have signed the present preliminary arti
cles, and have caused the seal of our arms to be put
thereto.
Translation of the Preliminary Articles of
Peace, between His Britannic Majesty
and the Most Catholic King; signed at
Versailles the 20th of January, 178%
In the Name of the Meft Holy T RINITY.
%"<HE King of Great Britain and the King cf Spain,
g equally animated with a d fire of pitting an end
to the calamities of a deftruaive war, and of re-esta
blishing union and good understanding between them,
as necessary fcr the good of mankind in general, as
for that of their refpe&ive kingdom#, stater, and tub
jefts, hara named for this purpose, viz, on the part of
bis M^jefty the King of Great Britain, Mr. Alkyne
Ftz Herbert, minister plenipotentiary of his said ma
jefly, and on the part of his Maj^fty the King of Spain,
Dine Peter Pml Abarea de Bolea Ximines d'Urnea,
&J. Count of Aranda and CHtel Florido, M rqws of
Torres, of Vdlanan and Rupit, Viscount of Rueda and
Yoh ; Baron of the Baroni s of Gavin, Sictino, Cla
mola, Enipol, Trazmez, La Mata de Caftil, Virgo,
Antillon, La Almolda, C< rtes, Jorva, S'. Geris, Ro
bovillet ; Oreau, and St. Colome de Farne's, Lord of
the Tenance, and Honor of Alcalaten, th Valley of
Rodtllar, the Castles and Towns of Maella, Melones,
Tiurana, de Villaplan?, Taraddl, and Viladran, &c.
Rico Hombre in Aragon, by Birth, Grandee of S ain
of the firft Clafi, Knight of the Order of the Golden
Fleece, and of that of the Holy Ghost, Gerdeman of
the King's Bed-chamber in Employment, Captain ge-
Done at Versailles, the 20th day of January, 1783.
( L. S.) AILEVNE FITZ-HERBERT.
(L. S) GRAVIER DE VERGENNES.
neral of his Armies, and his ambassador to his Most
Christian Majesty, who, after having duly communi
cated to each other their full powers in good form, have
agreed on the following Preliminary Articles:
" r '° ''A $ '°°° 213 '^ e Preliminaries shall be
. A signed and ratified, sincere friendfhip
shall be established between his Britannic Majefly and
bis Catholic Majefly, their kingdoms, slates and fub
jeds, by sea and by land, in all parts of the world.
Orders ffiall be sent to the armies and squadrons, as
well as to the fubjefts of the two powers, to flop all
hostilities, and to live in the most perfeO. union, for
getting what has passed, of which their Sovereigns give
them the order and example, and for the execution
of this article, sea passes shall be given on each fide for
the ships which shall be dispatched to carry the news
of it to the possessions of the said Powers.
Art. 2. His Catholic Majefly shall keep the island of
Minorca.
Art. 3. His Britannic Majefly shall cede to his Ca
tholic Majefly East Florida, and his Catholic Maj fly
shall keep Weft Florida, provided that the term of
eighteen months, to be computed from the time of the
ratification of the Definitive Treaty, shall be granted
to the fubjeds of his Britannic Majesty who are fettled
as well in the island of Minorca as in the two Florida,,
to fell their elates, recover their debts, and to tranf
pori their effeds, as well as their perfon>, without be.
ing retrained on account of their religion, or under
any other pretence whatsoever, except that of debts
ardcriminal prosecu tions ; and his Britannic Majefly
shall have power to cause all the effeHs that may be
long to him in East Florida, whether artillery or others,
to be carried away.
Art. 4 His Catholic Majefly shall not for the fu.'
ture, fuffer the fubjefts of his Britannic Majefly, or
their workmen, to be disturbed or molested, under a
ny pretence whatsoever, in their occupation of cutting,
loading and carrying away logwood, in a diftriß of
which the boundaries shall be fixed, and for this pur
pose they may build without hindrance, and occupy
without interruption, the houses and magazines neces
sary for them, for their families and for their effects,
in a place to be agreed upon, either in the definitive
treaty, or within fix months after the exchange of the
ratifications; and his said Catholic Majefly assures to
them, by this artic'e, the entire enjoyment of what is
above stipulated ; provided that these stipulations shall
not be considered as derogatory in any respect from
the rights of his foveret'gnty
Art. 5. His Catholic Majefly shall restore to
Great-Britain, the Islands of Providence and the Ba=
hamas, without exception in the fame condition in
which they were, when they were conquered by the
arms of the King of Spain.
Art. 6. All the countries and territories which may
have been, or may be conquered in any part of the
Vvorld whatsoever, by the arms of lis Britannic Ma
jesty, or by those of his Catholic Majefly, and which
are not included in our present articles, shall be re
&ored without difficulty, and without requiring com
fations.
By dtdnitive Treaty, all those which
have # fx^eween the two High contrasting
partieLjaaid whbeh fh^J! ^^ fc ^- — s ~<^u~f —.— : .,—_
by the said Treaty, or by the present Preliminary
Treaty, shall be renewed and confirmed ; and the two
Courts shall name Commissioners to enquire into the
Bate of the commerce between the two nations, in or
der to agree upon new arrangements of trade, on the
footing of reciprocity and mutual convenience ; and
the two said Courts shall together, amic bly fix a
competent term for the duration of that business.
Art. 8. As it is necessary to assign a fixed epoch
for the recitations and evacuations to be made by
St JAME 's F r/ 8.
Ore of rhe king's mess nfcris, dispatched by Mr.
Fitzherbrt, at Paris, arrived here this day, with the
most chrrftian king's ratification of the preliminary ar
ticles, signed the 20th of January last, which was ex
changed with Mr Fitzherbert on the 3d instant, at
Vfailles, by the miniltcr plenipotentiary of hi# most
chriftian majesty.
each of .the high con trading parties, it is agreed, That
the King of Great Britain (hall cause Eafl Florida to
be evacuated, three months after the ratification of
the Definitive Treaty, or sooner if it can be done.
The King of Great-Britain (hall likewise enter again
into possession of the Bahama Islands, without ex
ception, in the space of three months after the ratifi
cation of the Definitive treaty.
In con sequence whereof, the heceffary orders shall
be sent by each of the high contrasting parties, with
reciprocal passports for the fllips, which shall carry
them immediately after the ratification of the Defini
tive Treaty.
Art 9. The prisoners made refpe&ively by the armsof
his Britannic Majesty, and his Catholic Majesty, by sea
and by land, shall immediately after he ratification
of the Definitive Treaty, be reciprocally and bona fi
de restored without ransom, and on paying the debts
they may have contrasted during their captivity, and
each Crown shall refpeftively reimburse 'the furni which
shall have been advanced for the fu bfiflence and main
tenance of their prisoners by the Sovereign of the coun
try where they shall have been detained, according to
the receipts and attested accounts, and other authen
tic titles which shall be produced on each fide.
Art. 10. In order to prevent all causes of complaint
and dispute, which may arise on account of prizes
which may be made at sea after the signing of these
Preliminary Articles, it is reciprocally agreed, that
the ships and effeds w"ich may be taken in the Chan
nel, or in the North Seas, after the spa-e of twelve
days, to be computed from the ratification of the pre
sent Preliminary Articles, shall be restored on each fide.
That the term shall be one month from the Channel
and the North Seas as far as the Canary Islands in•
clufively, whether in t: e ocean or in the Mediterranean;
two months from the said Canary Islands as far as the
Equinoctial Line, or Equator, and,lallly, five months
in all parts of the world, without exception, or other
more description of time and place.
Ar. th The ratifications of the present Prelimi
nary Articles shall be expedited in good and due form,
and exchanged in the space of one month, or sooner
if it can be done, to be computed from the day of the
signature cf the present articles.
In witness whereof, we the under-written Miniflers
Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty and of his
Catholic Majesty, by virtue of our refpeftive powers,
have agreed upon and signed these Preliminary Ar
ticles, and have caused the ftal of our arms to be put
thereto.,
Done at VerfailTes, the 20th day January, 1783.
A LEYNE FITZ-HERBERT, (L. S.)
LECOMTE D'ARRANDA, (C. S)