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Mira you hive loft a frlead co mank nd -to h'sCountry^to
tie I e ice and prosperity of the cOmmun'ty— to civil and to
Chr ftian liberty; and who has the Satisfaction to think he is
a friend to truth, fincer^y, integr ty and righteo.dhcfs; a
sincere and hearty well.w sher to the true imereft and rro
raotion of true literature at your Cof'ege~drte who has been
always an advocate for the laws, gor&tyncnt, peace and
good order, authority and religion ofthe fame: And to
whom his own heart is a hand ng w tnefs, that from the
time he firft aflumed h s office, he has in your service, to the
best ofhs skill and ability (though under cramping d fcou
ragements) with fidelity and integrity ferfevered in the du
tes ofhis trust, in promoting and cult vat'ng those solid
branches of erudition which were aligned to his care : And
should have thought himfe f happy ft 11 'to continue, and
fiend the residue ofhis days in the fame Services, were he
not fully assured, that he was disowned and practically cast
off by h s own constituents, and could never do it, but under
the humiliating circumstances of shame and disgrace.
'' Hen Pietas ! Heu prifenfides .'"
He has now only to add his hearty and refpe&ful returns of
gratitude to such of the Reverend Board, who thro' the course
of their deliberations and procedure in his affairs may have
been aduated by prin.ifles of greater candor, tendefnefs,
humanity and generosity towards him.
Such have his sincere and deserved thanks—to the Reve
rend and worthy President he owes very particular and pecu
liar acknowledgements of candor, tenderness and reaped,
.which he has largely experienced from him in the course of
his late connexions with him.
And more particularly he feels it to be his incumbent duty,
to let him know, that the parti ular expressions of friendship
he has shewn him in the attention and regard he has paid
him in the course of dis harging his office—the refped and
esteem he has shewn to the offi e itfclf, and to those branches
offcience which pertain to the fame---his benevolent en
deavorsfor u pholding, supporting, encouraging and ft rength
cning him therein —and the honor and dignity he has put
upon him thereby, are recorded in his mind with indelible
marks of gratitude and rcfpe&—he begs leave, on this oc
casion, to express the, peculiar fatisfa&ion it has given him
in the difeharge ofhis office, to find that his performances
have succeeded to be so far forth honored with the attention,
good acceptance and approbation of so distinguished, im
partial and competent a judge.
He heartily laments his own disappointment andlofs, in
the unhappy dissolution of connexions with so refpe&able
and worthy a character. So good, candid, sincere and cordi
al a friend, patron and benefador—in whose patronage he
has ever fafely confided, and under whose protection he
might fafely have rested ; and of whose friendship, fidelity,
candor, justice and integrity towards him in those delibera
tions and resolves before the Board, which have concerned
him, so far as would coni ort with his public character as
chairman of the Board, he can't entertain the least suspicion
or doubt.
For which, and for all other expressions of integrity and
' friendship, he has a tribute of unfeigned thanks.
To the College in general—to the Tutors—to the resi
dent Mafters—Baehelors—and to all the Students, he w.shes
peace, prosperity and happiness for time and forever.
He adds, no more, but that he has hill the honor to be,
Reverend Gentlemen,
Tour mod obedient Servant,
NEHEMIAH STRONG.
,Yale College, December 14, 1781.
*, The reader is desired to correct the following Typogra
phical errors, Parnaflus, No. VII. Address to the Corpora
tion, column 2d line 26 from top, for fate ofCollege, read
taste of College—Col. 3d line Bth from top, for then read
thence Ibid, line 12th from top, for capitation read capita
tion—Col. 4th line 62d from top, between compressing and
dispiriting read or —lbid line 20th from the end, for foppofe
read propose.
ERRATA, in Parnassus in answer to A well-wisher to Col
lege and the Community, in the account of September quar
ter, for 1721. read 272 1.
Articles agreed upon by and between Richard
Oswald, Esquire, the Commissioner ofhis Bri
tannic Majesty, for treating of peace with the
Commissioners of the United States of Ame
rica, in behalf of his said Majesty on the one
part, and John Adams, Benjamin Franklin,
John jay and Henry Laurens, four ofthe
Commifhoners of the said States, for treating
of peace with the Commissioners of his said
Majesty, on their behalf, tin the other part—
to be inserted in, and conftitue the treaty of
peace proposed to be concluded between the
Crown of Great Britain and the said United
States, but which treatyis not to be concluded
until terms of a peace shall be agreed upon be
tween Great Britain and France ; and his
Britannic Majesty fliall be ready to conclude
such treaty accordingly.
WH EREAS, reciprocal advantages and mu
tual convenience are found by experi
ence to form the only permanent foundation of
peace and friendship between States, it is agreed
to form the articles of the proposed treaty on
such principles of liberal equity and reciprocity,
as that partial advantages, those feeds of difeord,
being excluded, such a beneficial and fatisfaffo
ry intercourse between the two countries may
be established, as to promise and secure to both,
perpetual peace and harmony.
Article 1. His Britannic Majesty acknow
ledges the said United States, viz. New-Hamp
shire, Massachusetts-Bay, Rhode-Inland and Pro
vidence Plantations, Connecticut, New-York,
New-Jerfey,Pennfylvania, Delaware, Maryland,
Virginia, North-Carolina, South-Carolina and
Georgia, to be Free, Sovereign and Independent
States ; that he treats with them as such ; and
for himfelf, his heirs and fucceflors, relinquiflies
all claims to the government, proprietary and ter
ritorial rights ofthe fame, and every part there
of; and that all disputes, which might arise in
future on the fubjed of the boundaries of the
said United States, may be prevented, it is here
by agreed and declared, that the following are
and ihall be their boundaries, viz.
Article 2. From the north-weft angle of No
va-Scocia, viz. that angle which is formed by a
line drawn due north, from the source of St.
Croix river to the Highlands, along the said
Highlands, which divide those rivers that empty
themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from
those which fall into the Atlantic ocean, to the
north-weltern-moft head of Connecticut river,
thence down along the middle of that river to
the 45th degree of north latitude ; from thence
by a line due welt on said latitude, until it strikes
the river Iroquois or Cataraquy, thence along
the middle of said river into lake Ontario, through
the middle of said lake until it strikes the com
munication by water between that lake and lake
Erie, thence along the middle of said commu
nication into lake Erie, through the middle of
said lake until it arrives at the water communi
cation between that lake arid lake Huron ; thence
along.the middle of said water communication
into lake Huron, thence through the middle of
said lake to the water communication between
that lake and lake Superior, thence through
lake Superior northward to the Illes Royal and
Philipeaux to the Long Lake ; thence through
the middle of said Long Lake and the water
communication between it and the Lake of the
woods, to the said Lake of the woods ; thence
through the said lake to the north-western point
therof, and from thence, on a d.ue weft course to
the river Mississippi; thence by a line to be drawn
along the middle ofthe said river Mississippi,
until it shall interfedt the northern-mod: part of
the 31st degree of north latitude ; south by a
line to be drawn due east, from the determina
tion of the line last mentioned, on the latitude
of 31 degrees north of the Equator, to the mid
dle of the river Apalachicola or Latah outfit ;
thence along the middle thereof to its junction
with the Flint river ; thence straight to the
head of St. Mary's river, and thence down a
long the middle of St. Mary's riverto the At
lantic ocean ; east by a line to be drawn along
the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth
in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its
source directly north to the aforefaid Highlands,
which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlan
tic ocean, from those which fall into the river
St. Lawrence, comprehending all inlands within
twenty leagues of any part of the ihores of the
United States, and lying between lines to be
drawn due east from the points where the afore
faid boundaries between Nova-Scotia on the one
part, and East-Florida on the other, shall re
fpe&ively touch the bay of Fundy and the At
lantic ocean, excepting such islands as now are,
or heretofore have been, within the limits of
the said province of Nova-Scotia.
Art. 3, It is agreed that the people ofthe United- States
shall continue to enjoy, unmolested, the right to take fish
of every kind on the grand bank, and on all the other banks
of Newfoundland, also in the gulph of St. Laurence, and at
all other places in the sea, where the Inhabitants of both
countries used at any time heretofore to fish; and also that
the inhabitants ofthe United States shall have liberty to take
fish of every kind on such part of the cost of Newfoundland,
as British fishermen shall use (Outhot to dry or cute the
fame on that ifland)and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks,
of all other of his Britannic Majetty's dominions in Ameri
ca ; and that the American fishermen shall have liberty to
dry and cure fish in any of the nnfettled bays, harbours, and
creeks of Nova-Scotia, Magdalene islands, and Labrador,
so long as the fame shall remain unsettled ; butfo soon as
the fame, oreither of them, shall be fettled, it shall not be
lawful for the said fishermen to dry or cure fih at such set
tlements, without a previous agreement forthat purpose,
with the inhabitants proprietors, or poffeffars of the ground.
Art. 4. It is agreed that the creditors on either fide, shall
meet with no lawful impediment co the recovery ofthe full
value in Reeling money, of all bona fide debts heretofore
contrasted.
Art. 5. It is agreed that the Congress shall earnestly re
commend it to the legislatures of the refpe&ive states, to
provide forthe restitution of all estates, rights, andproper
tics, which have been confiscated, belonging to real British
fubjeds; and also, of the estates, rights and properties,
ofPerfons resident in diftrids, in the possession of his Ma
jesty's arms, and who have not born arms against the said
United States ; and that persons of any other description
shall have free liberty to go to any part or parts of any of
the thirteen United States, and therein to remain twelve
months, unmolested in their endeavours to obtain the resti
tution of such of their estates, rights and properties, as may
have been confiscated, and that Congress shall also earnest
ly recommend to the several States a reconflucianon and
revision of all a&s and laws regarding the premises, so as
to render the laid laws or ads perfedy cornftert, not only
with jultice and equity, but with that spirit of conciliation,
which, on the return of the blc ffings of peace, should uni
versally prevail; and that Congress should also caracal,
recommend to the several States, that the estates, rights and
propeities of such last mentioned persons, should be restore
cd to them, they refunding to any persons, who may be
now in possession, the bona file price, (where any has been
given) which such persons may have paid on pinchafing
any ofthe said lands, rights or properties, fiice the confif
cation. And itis agreed, that all persons, who have an,
interest in the confifeated lands, either by debts, marriage
settlements, or otherwise shall meet with no lawful impe
diment in the prosecution of their just righs.
Art. 6. That there fliall be no future confisca
tions made, nor any prosecutions commenced
against any person or persons, for, or by reason
of the part which he or they may have taken in
the present war, and that no person shall, on
that account, fuffer any future loss or damage,
either in his person, liberty, or property, and
that those who may be now in confinement,
on such charges, at the time of the ratification
of the treaty in America, fliall be immediately
set at liberty, and the prosecutions so commenc
ed, be difeontinued.
Art. 7. There shall be a firm and perpetual
peace between his Britannic Majesty and the
said states, and between the fubje&s of the one
and the citizens of the other; wherefore all hos
tilities both by sea and land fliall then immedi
ately cease ; all prisoners on both sides, fliall be
set at liberty, and his Britannic Majesty shall,
with all convenient speed, and without causing
any deftru&ion, or carrying away any negroes,
or other property of the American inhabitants,
with draw all his armies, garrisons and fleets,
from the said United States, and from every
port, place and harbour, withiin the fame, leav
ing in all fortifications the American artillery
that may be therein; and shall also order and
cause all archives, records, deeds, and papers,
belonging to any of the said states, or their citi
zens, which, in the course of the war, may have
fallen into the hands of his officers, to be forth
with restored and delivered to the proper states
and persons to whom they belongs
Art. 3. The navigation of the river Mississippi
from its source to the ocean, shall forever remain
free and open to the fubje&s of Great-Britain,
and the citizens of the United States.
Art. 9. In case it should so happen, that any
place or territory, belonging to Great-Britain, or
to the United States, should be conquered by
the arms of either from the other, before the ar
rival of these articles in America, it is agreed
that the fame fliall be restored without difficulty,
and without requiring any compensation.
Done at Paris November 20th, 1782.
RICHARD OSWALD, (L. S.)
JOHN ADAMS, (L. S.)
BENJ. FRANKLIN, (L. S.)
JOHN JAY, (L. S.)
HENRY LAURENS. (L. S.)
Witness,
r Caleb Whiteford, Secretary
nA j J to the British Commission.
^ ') W. T. Franklin, Secretary to
C the American Commission.
PHILADELPHIA, March 20.
Benjamin Guerrard, Efa; is elected Governor,
and Richard Ferresford, Esq; is ele&ed Lieute
nant-Governor, of the State of South-Carolina.
The fllip General Knox, of this Port, and ship
Flora (of New-England) from St. Kitts; and
the brig Eftber, from Cape Francois, arc arri
ved at Baltimore.
MARCH 16.
taft Monday arrived here the Triumph sloop of
war, belonging to His Most Christian Majes
ty, commanded by the Chevalier Duquefne,
in 36 days from Cadiz. By her we have the
following agreeable and interesting intelli-
gence.
Copy ofthe heads of the Prelininaries of peace,
signed the 20th of January, and transmitted
here by express on the 22d by the Marquis de
Castries.
(Signed) ESTAING.
Cadiz, Feb. 11, 1783.
^TRANCE fliall keep Tobago and Senegal;
France fliall restore to Great-Britain, Gre
nada, St. Vincent, Dominique and St. Chrifto
phers; St. Euftatia, Demarara. Efequibo and
the Barbices, shall be restored to Holland.
England shall restore to France, Goree, St.
Lucia, St. Pierre and Miquelon.
The fifheries of France and England upon
the coasts of Newfoundland shall remain upon