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I. There fliall be therefore, by virtue ofthis
treaty between his Majesty the King of Great-
Britain, and his most serene highness the Land
grave of HefleCaffell, their successors and heirs,
a stria friendship, and a sincere, firm and con
flant union, insomuch that the one thall confi
der the interests of the other as his own, and
shall apply himfelt with good faith to advance
them to the utmost, and to prevent and avert
mutually all trouble and loss.
11. To this end it is agreed, that all former
treaties principally or guaranty, be deemed to be
renewed and confirmed by the present treaty in
all their points, articles and clauses, and shall be
of the fame force as it they were herein inferr
ed, word tor word, so far as is not derogated
from them by the present treaty.
111, This body of twelve thousand men of
the troops of Hesse, which is to be employed in
his Britannic Majesty's service, (ball qonfift of
four battalions of grenadiers of four companies
each, fifteen battalions of infantry of five com
panies each, and two companies of chaffeurs;
the whole provided with general and other ne
cessary officers. This corps shall be compleat
dy equipped and provided with tents, and ac
coutrements of which it may hand in need ; in
a word, shall be put upon the best footing possi
ble, and none flrall be admitted into it but men
fit for 'fervice, and acknowledged for such by
his Britannic Majesty's Commissary. Formerly
the signature of the treaties has usually preced
ed, by some time, the term of the requisition
for the march of the troops, but as in the pre
sent circumstances there is no time to 1c loft,
the day of the signature of the present treaty is
deemed also to be the term of the requisition ;
and three battalions of grenadiers, battalions of
infantry, with one company of chaffeurs, shall
be in a condition to pass in review before his
Britannic Majesty's commissary on the fourteenth
of February, and shall begin to march on the
day following, the fifteenth of February, for the
plaee of embarkation. The rest shall be ready
in four weeks after, if possible, and march in like
manner.
This body of troops shall not be separated,
unless reasons of war require it, but shall remain
under the orders of the general to whom his
most fei•ene Highness has entrusted the com
mand ; and the second division shall be conduc
ed to the fame places only where the firft shall
actually be, if not contrary to the plan of opera
tions.
Styled at CaffiF, the Irtb of 'fan. 1776.
^ ^^*Xs^v§TS Britannic Majedy being
^,#^s^oto desirous of employing in his
Zlo^o § ^ service a body of twelve
I " I ^'X t^^'and men of the troops,
I ^° cc °^ §% of his mod serene highness
T {^fr0 e ^{@J the reigning Landgrave of
^'^^*^4~*' Heffe-Caffe^l, and that prince
full of attachment for his Majesty, desiring no
thing more than to give him proofs of it, his
Majesty, in order to fettle the objects relative
to this alliance, has thought proper to fend to
Caffell the Sieur William Faucitt, his Minider
Plenipotentiary, and Colonel in his service ; and
his most serene Highness hAs named, on his
part for the fame purpose, the Baron Martin
Ernefte de Schleiffen, his minister of ftate,Lieu
tenant General and Knight of his orders, who
being furnifhed with requisite full powers, have
agreed that the treaties formerly concluded be
tween Great-Britain and Hefity flrall be made
the basis of the prefect treaty, and to adopt as
rtiuch of them as shall be applicable to the pre
fenc circumstances, or to determine by new arti
cles such points as mnft be fettled otherwise;
every thiag that shall not be differently regulat
ed, ffiall 6e deemed to subsist in full force, as it
shall appear to be declared in the abovementi
oned treaties ; and as it is not possible to fpecify
-each particular case, every thirfg that shall not
be found regulated in a precise manner, neither
in the present treaty nor in the former treaties,
ought to be fettled with equity and good faith,
conformably to the fame principles which were
agreed on each part to be pursued for regulating
all such cases, whether during or after the lad
war.
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Translation of a TREATY between
Lit Majesty and the Landgrave of
Hesse-Cassell.
VOL. I.' NUMB
THE
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ADVERTISER.
T H U R S 1) A Y,^^^^^l^r tt M r <,u <
' J U N E 6th, 1776.
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Thursday, 4 Min. after 1
Friday, 1 Min. after 2
Saturday, „ Min. after 2
Sunday, 42 Mit) after 3
IV. Each battalion of this body of troops
shall be provided with two pieces of field artil
lery, with the officers, gunners, and other per
'°n^ ""''. the train thereunto belonging, if his
Majesty is desirous of it.
V. Howards defraying the expence in which
the mod serene Landgrave shall be engaged for
the arming and putting in condition the said
corps of twelve thousand men, his Majesty the
King of Great Britain promises to pay to his
moll serene Highness, for each foot soldier thir
ty crowns banco levy money, as well for the in
fantry as for the chaffeurs, or artillery, if there
should be any, the sum total of which shall be
ascertained according to jhe number of men
composing this corps, and as they have been
reckoned in former alliances.
I he sum of one hundred and eighty thousand
crowns banco, valued as in the following arti
cle, shall be paid on account of this levy mo
ney on the tenth of February, and the residue
shall be paid when the second division of this
corps shall begin their march.
VI. In all the former treaties a certain num
ber of years is stipulated for their duration ; but
in the present his Britannic Maj&ly choosing
rather not to engage himfelf for any longer time
than he shall have eccafion for these troops,
confects instead thereof, that the subsidy shall
be double from the day of the Signature of this
treaty to its expiration, that is to fay, that it
shah amount for this body of twelve thousand
men to the sum of four hundred and fitty thou
sand crowns banco per annum ; the crown rec
koned at fifty-three sols of Holland: or at four
Killings and nine-pence three farthings English
money, and that the subsidy flrall continue upon
this toot during all the time that this body of
troops fliall remain in British pay. His Britan
nic Majesty engages also to give notice to the
most serene Landgrave of its determination
twelve months or a whole year before it shall
take place ; which notice shall not even be giv
en before this body of troops is returned, and
actually arrived in the dominions of the said
prince, nan ely in Hesse, properly so called.
His Majefly shall continue equally to this corps
the pay and other emoluments for the remain
der of the month in which it shall repafs the
frontiers of Hesse ; and his most serene High
ness referees to himfelf on his fide, the liberty
of recalling his troops at the end of four years,
if they are not lent back before, or to agree with
his Britannic Majesty at the end of that time
for another term.
VII. With regard to the pay and treatment,
as well ordinary as extraordinary, of the said
troops, they shall be put on the fame foot,
in all refoeUs, with the national British troops;
and his' Majedy's department of war shall deli
ver without delay to that of his mod serene
Highness, an exa& and faithful date of the
pay and treatment enjoyed by thole troops;
which pay and treatment, in consideration, that
his mod serene Highness could not put this
corps in a condition to march in so foort a
time without extraordinary expences, shall com
mence for the firft division on the firft of Febru
ary, and for the second, seven days before it shall
begin to march, and shall be paid into the mili
tary chest at Hesse, without any abatement or
deduction, to be didributed according to the ar
rangements which shall be made for that pur
pole, and the sum of twenty thousand pounds
derling shall be advanced immediately on ac
count of the said pay.
VIII. If it should happen unfortunately that
any regiment or company of the said corps
should be ruined or destroyed either by accidents
on the sea or otherwise, in the whole or in part,
or that the pieces of artillery or other effects
with which they shall be provided, should be
taken by the enemy, or loft on the sea, his Ma
jedy the King of Great Britain shall cause to be
paid the expences of the necessary recruits, as
well as the price of the laid field pieces and ef
fects, in order forthwith to reinstate the artille
ry and the said regiments or companies ; and
the said recruits shall be fettled likewise on the
foot of those which were furnifhed to the Hessi
an officers by virtue of the treaty of 1702, arti
cle the fifth, to the end that the corps may be
always preserved and sent back in as good a
date as it was delivered in : The recruits annu
high water a t new-york.
Monday, 30 Min. after 4
Tuesday, 19 Min. after §
Wedmeidny, 8 Min. after 6
Last Quarter Sth.
ally necessary shall be sent to the English com
missary, disciplined and completely equipped, at
the place of embarkation, at such time as his
Britannic Majesty shall appoint. 1
IX. In Europe his Majesty shall make use of
this body of troops by land, wherever he shall
judge proper; but North America is the only
country of the other parts of the globe where
this body of troops shall be employed. They
ffiall not serve on the sea,, and they shall enjoy
in all things, without any reftri&ion whatsoever,
the fame pay and emoluments, as arc enjoyed
by the English troops.
X. In case the most serene Landgrave should
be attacked or disturbed in the pofleffion of his
dominions, his Britannic Majesty promises and
engages to give him all the fuecour that/it shall
be in his power to afford [original de donncr]
which fuccour fhaV be continued to him until
he shall have obtained an entire security andjuft
indemnification : as the most serene Landgrave
Ipromifeslpromifes lijtewic on his part, that in case his
Majesty the King of G'reat Britain is attacked
or disturbed in his kingdoms, dominions, lands,
I provinces, he will give him [original Ai pretera]
in like manner all the fuccour that it shall be in
his power to afford [original de donxer] which
fuccour shall likewise be continued to him, un
til he hath obtained a good and advantageous
peace.
XI. In order to render this alliance and uni
on the more perfect, and to leave no doubt with
the parties about the certainty of the fuccour
which they have to expert by the virtue of this
treaty, it is expressly agreed, that to judge for
the future whether the case of this alliance and
the stipulated fuccour exists or not, it shall fuf
fice, that either of the parties is actually attack
ed by force of arms, without his having fi r ft u sed
open force against him who attacks him.
XII. 1 he lick of the Hessian troops shall re
main under the^ care of their physicians, sur
geons, and other persons appointed for that pur
pose, under the orders of the General command
ing the corps of that nation; and every thing
shall be allowed them that his Majesty allows to
his own troops.
XIII. All the Hessian deserters shall be faith
fully given up wherever they shall be difeovered
in the places dependent on his Britannic Majes
ty, and above all, as far as it is possible, no pcr
fon whatever of that nation shall be permitted to
establish himfelf in America without the Gonfent
of his sovereign.
XIV. All the transports for the troops, as well
as for the effects, shall be at the expence of his
Britannic Majesty; and none belonging to the
said corps shall pay any poflage of letters, in con
sideration of the distance of the places.
XV. The treaty shall be ratified by the high
contrasting parties, and the ratifications thereof
shall be exchanged as soon as possible.
In witness whereof, we the undersigned, fur
nifhed with the full powers of his Majesty the
King of Great Britain on one part, and of his most
serene highness the reigning Landgrave of Helle
Cadell on the other part, have iigned the pre
sent treaty, and have caused the seals of our
arms to be put thereto. Done at Caflell, the
fifteenth of January, in the year 1776.
(L. S.) WILLIAM FAUCITT.
(L. S.) M. de SCHLEIFFEN.
Tranflarion es a Treaty between bis Majefly and
the Hereditary Prince of Hefle Caffell," reigning
Count of Hanau, &c.
Signed at Hanau, the ^tb of February, 1776.
BE it known to all whom it may concern, that
his Majesty the King of Great Britain having
judged proper to accept a body of infantry of
the troops of his mod serene highness the here
ditary Prince of Hesse Caflel, reigning Count of
Hanau, Ac. to be employed in the service of
Great Britain, the high contrasting parties have
given orders for this purpose to their refpefWve
miniders, that is to fay, his Britannic Majesty
to Colonel Willi an? Faucitt,captain of the guards;
and the mod serene hereditary Prince of Hesse
Cadell to his miniderthe privy counfellor Fre
deric de Mahbourg; who after the exchange of
their refpe&ive full powers have agreed upon
the following articles.
Art. I. The said mod serene Prince yields to
his Britannic Majesty a body of infantry of fix
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hundred fifty-eight men, which mail be at the
entire difpofitioa of the King of Great-Britain.
Art. 11. The mod serene Prince engages to
equip completely this corps, and that it shall be
ready to march the twentieth of the month of
March next, at fartheft. The said corps shall
piss in review before his Britannic Majesty's
commissary at Hanau, if that can be done, or at
feme-other place, as opportunity shall offer.
Art. 111. The mod serene Prince engages to
furnish the recruits annually necessary; these re
cruits shall be delivered to his Britannic Majefty'3
commissary, disciplined, and completely equip
ped; his mod serene highness will do his ut
most, that the whole may arrive at the place of
their embarkation at the time his Majesty shall
fixupon.'
Art. IV. The Service of his Britannic Ma
jesty, and the preservation of the troops, requir
ing equally that the commanding officers and
Subalterns should be perfectly acquainted with
the service, his mod serene highness will take
proper care in the choice of them.
Art. V. Ihe mod Serene Prince engages to
put his corps on the bed footing possible, and
none fltail be admitted ifito it but persons fit for
campaign service, and acknowledged as such by
by his Britannic Majesty's commissary.
Art. VI. This corps shall be furinfhed with
tents and all necessary equipage.
Art. VII. The Kinggrants to this corps the
ordinary and extraordinary pay, as well as all
the advantages in forage, provisions, winter
quarters, and refreshments, &c. Ac. enjoyed by
the royal troops; and the mod serene Prince
engages to let this corps enjoy all the e
moluments of pay that his Britannic Majefly
allows them. The tick and wounded of tie
said corps will be taken care of in the King's
hospitals, and shall be treated in this refpeft as
his Britannic Majedy's troops ; and the wound
ed, not in a condition to serve, shall be trans
ported into Europe, and Cutback into their own
country at the expence of the King.
Art. VIII. There shall be paid to his mod
serene highness, under the title oflevy money,
for each loot soldier thirty crowns banco; the
crown reckoned at fifty-three sols of Holland ;
one half of this money shall le paid fix weeks
after the signature of the treaty, and the other
half three months and a half after the signature.
Art. 1% According to cudom, three wound
ed men shall be reckoned as one killed ; a man
killed shall be paid for at the rate of the levy
money. If it shall happen, that any company of
this corps should be entirely ruined o~ delud
ed, the King shall pay the expence of the ne
cessary recruits to re-edablifh this c ps,
Art. X. The mod serene Prince referees to
himfelf the nomination to the vacant employ
ments, as also the administration of justice.
Moreover hi^ Britannic Majesty will cause or
ders to be given to the commander of the army
in which this corps shall serve, not to exaU 0?
this corps any extraordinary services, or such as
arc beyond their proportion with the red or rhe
army; and when they shall serve with the Eng
lish troops, or with other auxiliaries, the officers
fl:all command, (as the military service requires
of itfelf) according to their military rank, and
the seniority of their commissions, without mak
ing any diftindion of what corps the troops
may be with which they may serve. This corps
shall take the oath of fidelity to his Britannic
Majesty without prejudice to that which they
have taken to their Sovereign.
Art. XI. Their pay shall commence fifteen
days before the march of this body of troops,
and from the time the troops shall have quitted
their quarters, in order to repair <0 the place of
their dedication, all the expences of march and
tramport, as well as the future return of the
troops into their own country, shall be at the
charge of his Britannic Majesty,
Art. XII. 1 His Britannic Majesty will grant
to the mod-serene Prince, during all the time
that this body of troops shall be in the pay of
his Majesty, an equal subsidy of twenty-five
thousand and fifty crowns banco. HisMajedy stall
cause notice of theceflation of the aforefaid subsidy
to be given, a whole year before it shall cease to
to be paid, provided that this notice shall not be
given till after the return cf the troops into m
dominions of his nioftAerene highness.
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