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Translation of the PRELIMINARY ARTICLES of
PEACE, between his Britannick Majesty and
the Molt Catholick King : Signed at Versailles,
the 20th ol j muary, 1783.
In the name of the Most Holy Trinity.
THE King of Great-Britain and the King of Spain,
equally animated with a detire of putting an
end to the calamities of a deftrudive war, and
of re-establishing union and good understanding be
tween them, as necehary for the good of mankind in ge
neral, as for that of their refpettive kingdoms, Rates,
and fubjetts, have named for this purpose, viz. on the
part of his Majesty the King of Great-Britain, Mr. Al
leyne Fiizherbert, Miniller Plenipotentiary of his laid
Majesty; and on the part of his Majesty the King of
Spain, Don Peter Paul Abarca de Boiea Ximenes
d'Umea, &c. Count of Aranda and Calle! Florida,
Marquis of Torris, of Vilianan and Rupit, Viscount
of Ruedo and Roch, Baron of the Baronies of Gavin
Seitano, Clamofc, Eripol, Trazmoz, La Mata de
Caftii-V go, Antillon, La Almolda, Cortis, Jorvat
St. Genii, Robevillct, Oreau, and St. Colme de
Parnes, Lord ot the Tenance and Honor of Alca
-1 ten, the Valley of Rodellar, the Cattles and Towns
of Maella, Mofones, Tiurana de Villaplana, Traded
and Viladran, &c. Rico-Hombre in Aragon by birth,
Grapdee of Spain of the firft C/afe, Knight of the
Order of the Golden Fleece, and of that of the Ho
ly Ghost, Gentleman of the King's Bedchamber in
employment, Captain-General of his armies, and his
Ambassador to his Most Christian Majesty; who,
after having duly communicated to each other their
full powers in good form, have agreed on the follow
ing Preliminary Articles:
Article 1. As soon as the preliminaries ihall be
signed and ratified, sincere friendship shall be rc
eftablifhed between his Britannick Majesty and his
Catholick Majesty, their kingdoms, states and fub
jeds, by sea and by land, in all parts of the world.
Orders shall be sent to the armies and squadrons, as
well as to the fubjeds of the two powers, to flop
all hostilities, and to live in the molt perfect union,
forgetting what has passed, of which their Sovereigns
give them the order and example. And forthe ex
ecution of this article, fea-pafles fliall 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.
11. His Catholick Majesty shall keep the island of
Minorca.
111. His Britannick Majesty fliall cede to his Ca
tholick ^tyjefty East Florida, and his Catholick Ma
jesty shall keep Weft Florida, provided that the term
of eighteen months be computed from the time of the
ratification of the definitive treaty, fliall be granted
to the fubjefts of his Britannick Majesty, who are
fettled as well in the island of Minorca as in the two
Floridas, to fell their estates, recover their debts, and
transport their effects, as well as their persons, with
out being restrained on account of their religion, or
under any other pretence whatsoever, except that of
debts and criminal prosecutions. And his Britannick
Majesty fliall have power to cause all the effects that
may belong to him in East Florida, whether artillery
or others, to be carried away.
IV. His Catholick Majesty shall not for the fu
ture fuffer the fubjeds of his Britannick Majesty, or
their workmen, to be disturbed or molested, under
any pretence whatsoever, in their occupation of cut
ting, loading, and carrying away logwood, in a dif
trift of which the boundaries shall be fixed ; and for
this purpose they may build without hindrance, and
occupy without interruption, the houses and maga
zines necessary 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 Catholick
Majesty assures to them by this article, the entire
enjoyment of what is above ftip/ated, provided that
these Ripulat ons fliall not be considered as deroga
tory in any refpeft from the rights ofhis sovereignty.
V. His Catholick Majesty fliall restore to Great-Bri
tain the islands of Providence and the Bahamas, with
out exception, in the fame condition in which they
were when they were conquered by the arms of the
King of Spain.
VI. All the countries and territories which may
have been or may be conquered in any part of the
world whatsoever, by the arms of his Britannick Ma
jesty, or by those of his Catholick Majesty, and which
are not included in the present articles, shall be re
stored, without difficulty, and without requiring
compensation.
VII. By the definitive treaty, all those which have
exited till now between the two high contrasting
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WEDNESDAY, April 30, 1783.
parties, and which shall not be derogated from either
by the said treaty, shall be renewed and confirmed ;
and the two courts shall name commifiioners to en
quire into the date of commerce between the two
nations, in order to agree upon new arrangements
of trade on the footing of reciprocity and mutual
convenience ; and the two said courts shall together
amicably fix a competent term for the duration of
that business.
VIII. As it is necessary to assign a fixed epoch for
the ichitutlons and evacuations to be made by each
of the high contracting parties, it is agreed, that the
King of Great-Britain fliall cause East 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 shall likewise enter
again into poßcllion of the Bahama islands without
exception, in the fpacc of three nionths after the
ratification of the definitive treaty.
In contequeuce whereof, the necessary orders fliall
be sent by each of the high contracting parties, with
reciprocal passports for the blips which shall carry
them, immediately after the ratification of the defi
nitive treaty.
IX. The prisoners made refpedively by the arms
of his Britannick Majesty and his Catholick Majesty,
by sea and by land, shall, immediately after tne ra
tification of the definitive treaty, be reciprocally,
and bona fide, restored without ransom, and on
paying the debts they may have contrasted during
their captivity; and each Crown shall refpcflively
rejmburfe the sums which shall have been advanced
for the fubfifience and maintenance of their prison
ers by the Sovereign of the country where they shall
have been detained, according to the receipts and
attested accounts, and other authentick titles, which
fliall be produced on each tide.
X. In order to prevent all causes of complaint and
disputes which may arise on account of prizes which
may be made at tea after the Signing of these Prelimi
nary Articles, it is reciprocally agreed, that the ships
and effects which may be taken in the channel or in
the North Seas after the Space of twelve days, to be
computed from the ratification of the present Preli
minary Articles, shall be reflored on each fide.
That the term shall be one month from the Chan
nel and the North Seas, as far as the Canary islands,
inclusively, whether in the Ocean or in the Medi
terranean. Two months from the said Canary islands,
as far as the Equind&ial line, or Equator. And last
ly, five months in all other parts 01 the world, with
out exception, or other more particular description
of time and place.
XI. The ratification of the present Preliminary Ar
ticles fliall be expedited in due and good 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 of the present articles.
In witneis whereof, we the underwritten Ministers
Plenipotentiary of his Britannick Majesty and
of his Catholick Majesty, by virtue of our re-
Ipcdive powers, have agreed upon and signed
these Preliminary Articles, and have caused the
seal of our arms to be put thereto.
Done at Versailles the 20th day of Jan. 1783.
ALLEYNE FITZHERBERT, (L. S.)
LE COMITE D'ARANDA, (L. S.)
^»^n«a M n»aM»nCT M maa^^I- ■■lll■illlM M u
BURLINGTO N.
READY for fate, at the porter brewery in York
^ street, bottle beer, bottle porter, and porter in
calks.—Any quantity for exportation, and good al
lowance made to captains of vcficls. —Also calk beer
at forty, thirty, and twenty Shillings per barrel,
brewed from the very best pale amber malt, light
and bright for the warm season.
April 7, 1783. 7wf
PTOLEM Y,
A Beautiful full-blooded bright bay stallion, 15
hands 3 inches high, bony and strong, will
cover mares the ensuing season at the plantation of
Benjamin Stevens, in Maidenhead, county of Hun
terdon, Rate of New-Jcifey, at fix dollars cafn the
season, or eight dollars for a twelve-month's credit,
and thirty Shillings a tingle leap.
PTOLEMY was bred by Charles Wood-Earth,
Efqnire, of Dinwidie county, Virginia, and was got
by James' Delancey's famous horse Wildair; his
dam was an imported mare, belonging to said Woud-
Earth, and said mare was got by the Duke of De
vonfliire's horse Traveller out of a Cade mare.—
Good pafturc for mares, and good attendance will
be girt 3w±
Will cover this season, at the stables of the sub
scriber near Flemington, that noted imported horse
FR EDERIC K,
WHOSE pedigree is so well known that it needs
no repetition, at Seven bushels of wheat, or
fix hard dollars the season. Wheat or cadi to be
paid at the stable door. Good pasture at moderate
rates, and good attendance given by
JOHN READING, Sen.
Amwell, April 13, 1783. 3wff
The noted full-blooded horse
T RA V EL L E R,
T; ROM Maryland, will cover at the stable of the
fubicriber, in the township of Reading, in the
county of Hunterdon, about one mile and an half
from New-Germantown, at the low rate of one Half
Johannes the season, to be paid in October next, or
wheat will be taken at the market price.
TRAVELLER is a dark bay, full fifteen hands
and three inches high, with a Small Rar and one
white hind foot, rising twelve years old this grass,
moves remarkably gay and easy, and is allowed, by
the best judges, to be as a&ive a horse as any in
America; he was got by Colonel Lloyd's imported
horse Traveller out of that famous imported mare
Nancy Bywell, which beat the old noted horse Lath
at Warwich, in Maryland, with great ease: Tra
veller has covered these two years pass in Bucking
ham townfllip, Bucks county, a large number of
mares at the stable of William Bennet ; is noted for
getting fine colts and covers Sure. Gentlemen who
live at a distance, and choose to fend their mares,
may depend on having good pasture provided, and
the best care taken of them, by
JOHN TAYLOR.
April 16, 1783. 3 w^
TO BE SOLD,
A NEGRO.BOX, healthy, strong and a&ive,
fourteen years old last fall, and judged io be as
likely as any boy in the county. Enquire of the
Printer hereof, or Jaiper Smith, Esquire, of Fle
mington. 3w*
TH E Rr"
IS in excellent order, and will cover mares at Gil
bert Longstreet's, in Upper Freehold, and at Pe
nolopon, at Kenneth Hankinfon's, Monmouth coun
ty, to stand week and week about, beginning Sa
turday the 19th of April at Kenneth Hankinfon's, at
two and an half guineas the season ; and all kind^ of
grain will be taken at the market prices if paid in
the season; fix dollars the single leap, and twenty
eight dollars to ensure a foal.
MERCURY is full bred, a chefnut sorrel, fif
teen and an half hands high, rising eight years old,
equal to any horse on the continent, and his colts
are allowed to be the best of any in the date by the
best ot judges.
MERCURY was bred by Doctor Tenant, of
Virginia, and his dam was Clio, an imported mare ^
was got by the celebrated running horse Apollo.
KENNETH HANKINSON.
N B. Good pasture will be provided for mares.
April 21, 1783. 4w§
New-Jersey, to wit.
To whom it may concern.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a Court of Admi
ralty will be held at the house of Adonijah
Francis, in Alien-Town, on Monday the 12th day
of May next, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to try
the truth of the faffs alledged in the bill of Teunis
Voorhees, commander of the armed boat Revenge,
(who as well, &c.) against a certain sloop called the
Nancy, burden about 50 tons, and a certain Boon
called the Rachel, of about 15 tons burden ; whi<h
said veffcls were lately captured near Sandy-Hook
and brought into the port of New-Brunswick, toge
ther with their refpe&ive tackle, apparel, furniture
and cargoes: To the end and intent that the owner
or owners, or any other perlon or persons interested
therein, may appear and shew cause, if any they
have, why the said veflcls, their several tackle, ap-'
parel, furniture and cargoes, fhouid not be con
demned as prizes, agreeably to the prayer of the li< .
bellants.
By order of the Judge,
JOS. BLOOMFIELD, Regifteq.
Burlington, April 10, 1783. 3WII