The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1821-03-14
BY THE PRESIDENT OF TEE UNITED
STATES.
A PROCLAMATION.

A PROCLAMATION.
Whereas Treaty of Amity, Settle
merit, and Limits, between the United
State. of America and his Catholic Maj
esty, was concluded and signed between
their Plenipotentiaries, III this City, on
the twenty second day of February, in
tn wear of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and nineteen, which treaty, word
for word, IS As follows:
TREATY
Ct hmify, Settlement, and Limits, be.
tpeer The UMtd States Of Anerica
and Ills Cathoiic MgesV.
Yhe UuLed STATES 81 Anasics aod his c..
tholic Maiesiy, desiriug 10 consolidate, on o
permanent basis, the friendship aud good cor
! respondence which happily prevails between
u the two parties, have dete mined 20 settle and
terminate Ill their differences and pre,ensions,
by Treaty, which shall designate, with pre-
i, eision, the limits Of Their respective bordei-
ing territories IL North-America.
With tais intenioo, the President Of the
Uoi,si S,btes has furnished with their full
powers JoaK QUIxor AbAxs, Secretary oi
Sta,e II the Um,ed >,s'rs and bis CATHOLIC
Maissty has sDpou I'D ,hs most excellent
1.oId Don Luss Dr. OFts GpasaieS Lopes y
V-ra, Lord of 'he town # RJysees, p-rpetual
Regidor Of the Cooperation OF The Cny ot Sal
amanca, Knight 0'sod Cros. Of The Royai A
me:icap Orde, ef Isabella the Catholic dec o.
rated with the Lys Of L Te1dee Knight Pen
sfoner Of the Roya, and distinguished Spanish
Crdet Of Charles the TbitG, Member ol he
Supreme Ase nibIy Of the said Royal Crdei,
q ~. ltc III is
Secretary, With Exercise of DEGREES, aod bis
Envoy Extraor dina,y aud Minister Pisnipo-
tentiary near the United SAFES OF Ane ice
And the said Plsnipoten,iaries, shef having
exchanged their powers, have agreed uPop
and concluded tEe following a'tisies'
ARTICLE l.
There shslI be Fl Al AID involabl0 peace
snd sincere friendship between The Uolted
States aud their citlaans, end his Catholic
Majesty, his successors snd subjects, without
exception Of persons or PLACES.
ARTICLE 2. ,-.-
His Catholic Mojesy cedes to the United
States, in full propsuy and sovereignty, at!
the territories which belong TO him situated
\ 20 toe eastward of the Mississippi knowo by
the name # East and West Florida The
diAceni islands dependent on said provinces,
all public lots and squares, vacant lands, pub
lie ediRces, toTtiEcntioDs, barracks, and other
buildings, which are not private property, ar
chiyes apd documents, which relate directly
to the properly and sovereignty OF said prov.
iuces are Included in this article. Tho said
archives and documents shall be left ~ pos
session of 100 commissa,ics or cfbcers oil the
United States, duly authorised 10 receive
them.
ARTICLE
The boundary iine between the two coun'
tries. west of the NJ Ssissippl, shall begin on
the Gulf Of Mexico, at the mouth OF the river
Sabine, in the ssa, continuing north, along the
western bank Of that river, to Ihc SID degree
Of latitude thence, by line due north, "a
the degree OF latitude where II .u'kes the Rio
Roxo of E,tchitoches, or r ID River; thes,
following tho eou SC of the Rio Roxo west
ward, 20 the degree Of longitude leo west
from London, aud % { ON Washington then,
cressiog the said Red RIVER, and running
thence, by a line due north, 70 the river Ar.
kansas , ibcnce, following the course OF the
southern bank Of tho 'Arkansas, to ito source,
in latitude a. north and thsocs, by that par
slIsi Of Iati,uds, 10 ths Sou,h Sea. Tho
whole being as iSd down ~ Mo!ish's map OF
the United States, published at Philadelphia,
improved 10 the lN OF Jaousry, 1918. But,
, III the source Of ths A kansas river shall be
found 60 fill oorlb o. south OF latitude ~,
, then tho lins shall run from the said source
Z due no ,h or sos,h. as, The cas-" may be, ill
il meets Tho said parallel Of latitude 81, and
IN nee. along the said parallel, to the South
Sea All tho Islands ia the Sabine, aod the
saia Rcd And Arkinsa, rivers, tbroughout the
course ,Su, described, TO belong 70 the Uni