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London, England, 1827-03-27 00:00:00

CONVENTION

BETWEEN MG mAnggril AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, FOR
THE FINAL- SETTLEMENT OP,CRITTALY CLAfAIS OF THE LitITED
STATES, ARISING OUT OF THE COMENTION CONCLUDED AT- ST.
psTnasaußseri, MILT ,12 18`l1.--(SIGNED AT LONDON Noy.
,13,
1826.) .

Difficulties having arisen in the execution of the Con-
vention concluded at .St. Petersburgh on the 12th day of
July, 1822, under the mediation of his Majesty the Ern.
peror of all the Russias, between Great Britain and the
United States of America, for the purpose of carrying into
effect the decision of his Imperial Majesty upon the diffe-
rences which had arisen between Great Britain and the
said United States, on the true construction and meaning
of the first Article of the Treaty of peace and amity, con,
eluded at Ghent on the 24th day of December, 1814.—His
Britannic Majesty and the said United States, being equally
desirous to ohviatesuch difficulties, have respectively named
Plen;potentiaries to treat and agree respecting the same,
that is to say:—(naming the parties) who, after having
communicated to each other their respective full powers,
found to be in due and proper form, have agreed Upon and
concluded the following Articles
Art. I.—His Majesty the King of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland agrees to pay, and the
United States of America agree to receive, for the use of
the persons entitled to indemnification and compensation, by
virtue of the said decision and Convention, the sum of
twelve hundred and four thousand nine hundred and sixty
dollars, current money of the United States, in lieu of, and
in full and complete satisfaction for, all sums claimed or
claimable from Great Britain, by any person or persons
whatsoever, under,the said decision and convention.
H.—The object of the said Convention being thus ful-
filled, that Convention is hereby declared to be cancelled
and annulled, save and except the second article of the
same, which has already been carried into execution by the
Commissioners appointed under the said Convention, and
save and except so much of the third article of the same, as
relates to the definitive list of claims, and has already like-
wise been carried into execution by the said .Commis-

sioners.

lll.—The said sum of 1,204,960 dollars shall be paid
at Washington to such person or perms as shall be duly
authorised, on the, part of the United States, to receive
the same, •in.two equal payments, as follows:
The payment of the first half to be made 20 days after
official notification shall have been made, by the Govern-
ment of the United States, to his Britannic Majesty's Mi-
nister in the said United States, of the ratification of the
present Convention by tho President of the United States,
by and with the advice and consent of the Senate thereof.
And the payment of the second half to be made en the
Ist day of August, 1827.
IV.—The above sums being taken as a full and final li-
quidation of all claims whatsoever arising under the said
decision and Convention, both the final adjustment of those
claims, and the distribution of the sums so paid by Gre,at
Britain to,the United States, shall be ma4le in such man:-
ner as the United States alone shall determine : and the
Government of Great Britain shall have no further con-
cern or liability therein.
V.—lt is agreed that, from the date of the exchange of
the ratifications of the present Convention, the joint Com-
mission, appointed under the said Convention of St. Pe-
tereburgh, of the 12th of July 1822, shall be dissolved,
and, upon the dissolution thereof, all the documents and
papers, in possession of the said Commission, relating to
claims under that Convention, shall be delivered over to
such person or persons as shall be duly authorised, on the
part of the United States, to receive the same. And the
British Commissioner shall make over to such person or
persons so authorised, all the documents and papers (or au-
thenticated copies of the same, where the originals cannot
conveniently ba made over), relating to claims under the
said Convention, which he may have received from his Go-
vernmeat for the use of the said Commission, conformably
to the stipulations contained in the third Article of the said
Convention.
Vl.—The present Convention shall be ratified, and the
ratifications shall be exchanged in London in six months
from this date, or sooner if possible.
In witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries aforesaid, by
virtue of their respective full powers, have signed the same,
and have affixed thereunto the Seals of their st.rms.