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TREATY OF PEACE .
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JVasmjngToh, February 18.
JAMES MADISON.
President of the United States
or America.
To aft and singular to whom t ‘test present:
shall come greeting :
Whereas a Treaty of Peace and
ty between the United States of Ame
rica, and his Britannic majesty w<♦.?
Signed at Ghent) on the 24th day of De
cember, one thousand eight hundred &
fourteen, by Plenipotentiaries respec
ti /cly appointed for that purpose / ant
the said treaty having been, by and with
the advice and consent of the United
States, duly accepted, ratified, and con*
firmed, on the seventeenth day of Feb
ruary, one thousand eight hundred and
fifteen; and ratified copies thereof hav.
ing been exchanged agreeably to the
tenor of the said treaty, which is in the
words following, to wit;
TREATY or PEACE & AMITY br
y tween his BRITANNIC MAJES
TY and THE UNI lED STATES
or AMERICA. ,
His Britannic majesty and the Un ; ted
States of America, desirous of terming,
•ting the war which has unhappily sub
stated between the two countries, and
bf restoring. upon principles of perfect
reciprocity, peace, friendship, and good
understanding between them, have, for
that purpose, appointed their respective
frtenipotentiarieii, that is to say s his
Britannic Majesty, on his part, has ap
pointed the Tight honorable James Gord
Gambier, late admiral of the white, now
admiral of the red squadron of his ma
jesty's fleet, Henry Goulburn, Esq. a
member of the imperial parliament and
under secretary of state, and William
Adams, Esq. doctor of civil lafr* ; And
the President of the United States,
and with the advice and consent, of tliie
Senate thereof, has appointed John Q.
Adams, James A. Bayard, Henry Clay,
Jonathan Russel and Albert Gallatin,
citizens of the United States, who, af
ter a reciprocal communication of their,
respective full have agreed up
on the following articles:
\ ARTICLE FOlSti
There shall be a fitm and universal
Peace, between his Britannic Majesty
•nd the United States, and between their
respective countries, territories, cities,
towns. fit people, of every degree, with
out exception of places or persons All
hostilities, both by sea and land, shall
cease as soon as this treaty shall have
been ratified by both parties, as herein
after mentioned. All territory, places,
and possessions whatsoever, taken from
either party by the other, during the war,’
or which may be taken after the signing
of this treaty, excepting only the islands
hereinafter mentioned. shall be restored
without delay, and without causing any
destruction, or carrying away any of the
artillery or Other public property origin
ally captured in the said forts or places,
and which shall remain therein upon
the exchange of the ratifications of this i
treaty, or any slaves or other private
property. - And all archive?, records,
deeds and papers, either of a public na
ture, or belonging to private persons,
which, in the course ot the war. may
have fallen into the hands of the officers
of either party, shall be, as far as may
ha practicable, .forthwith restored and
delivered to the proper authorities and
persons to whom they respectively be-
Such of the islands in the Bay of
Passamaquoddy as are claimed by both
parties, shall nemam in, the possession !
Jtf the party in whose occupation they ;
ATHENS, THURSDAY, MARCH 16,1815.
be at the time, of the exchange of
the ratifications of this Treaty, until
the decision respecting the title to the
islands, shall have been made in confor
mity With the fourth article of this
treaty. No disposition made by this
treaty, as to such possession of the isl
ands and teriitoriefc claimed by both
parties, shall, in any manner whatever,
ne construed to affect the right of hi
ther.
‘ARTICLE THE SECOND.
Immediately after the of
this treaty by both parties, as hereinaf
ter mentioned, orders shall be sent to
die armies, squadrons, officers, subject*
nd citizens, of the two powers to ceast
from all hostilities. And to prevent all
causes of complaint which might arise
on account of the prizes which may
taken at sea after the said ratifications oi
this treaty, it is reciprocally agreed,
that all vessels and effects which may
be taken after the space of twelve days
from the said ratifications, upon all parts
of the coast of North America, from
ihe latitude of twenty-three degrees
north, and as far eastward in the Atlan
tic ocean, as the thirty-sixth degree of
west longitude from th t meridian of
Greenwich, shall be restored on each
aide : i hat the time shall be thirty days
in all other parts of the Atlantic ocean*
north of the eq» ,; hoctial line or equator,
and the same time for the British and
Irish channels, for the Gulf ot Mexico
and all parts of the West Indies : Forty
days for the North Seas, for the Baltic*
Jmd for all parts of the Mediterranean ;
Sixty days for the Atlantic ocean south
of the equator as far as the latitude oi
Gape oi Good Hope : Ninety days for
every part cf the world south of the e
quator : And one hundred and twenty
days for all other parts of the world,
without exception.
Article \hird.
All prisoners of war taken on eather
side, as well by land as by sea, shall be
restored as soon as practicable after the
ratifications of this treaty, as hereinafter
mentioned* on their paying the debts
contracted during their captivity. The
two contracting parties respectively eh*
gage to ditf harge in specie, the advance
winch may have been made by the
other for the subststance & maintamancc
of such prisoners
Article the fourth,
x- Whereas it was stipulated by the se
cond article in the treaty of peace, one
thousand seven hundred & eighty
between his Britannic Majesty and the ;
jjfhtited States of America, that the
boundary of the United State's should
comprehend all islands within twenty
leagues of any part of the shores of the
United S’ates, and between lines tp be
drawn due east from the po pts wfiet e
the aforesaid boundaries, between Nova
Scotia, on the one part, and East Flori
da on the o h&r, shall respectively touch
the Bay ofFuhday, & the Atlantic ocean,
excepting snob islands as nßyf are,
heretofore have been* within the limits
of Nova-Scotia ; and whereas the sever
al islands in the Bay of Passamaquoddy,
which is part of the Bay of Fundy,
and the island of Grand Menan in the
said Bay ot Fundy, are claimed by the
United States as being comprehended
within their aforesaid boundaries, which
said islands are claimed as belonging
to his Britannic Majesty, as having been
at the time of, and previous to, the a
foresaid .treaty of one thousand seven
hundred and eighty three within the
limits of the province of Nova-Scotia—
in order, therefore, finally to decide up
on these claims, it is agreed that they
shall be referred to two Commissioners
to be appointed in the following man
ner, viz. one Commissioner shall be say
pointed by his Britannic Majesty, anu
one by the President of the Uniteo
States by and with the advice and con
Sent of the Senate thereof, and the saro
two commissioners so appointed shall be
sworn impartially to examine and decide
upon the said claims according to auch
evidence as shall be laid before them
on the part of bis B. Majesty and of the:
U. Slates respectively. The said Com
missioners shall meet at St. Andrews,
in the province of New-Bruaswick, and
shall have power to adjourn to such
place ov places as they shall think fit *
he said commissioners snail, by a de
claratiua.or report under their hands k
seals, decide to which of the two con*
L parties the several islands a
foresaid do respectively’ belong* in con
formity with the true intent of the said
Treaty of Peace .of one thousand seven
hundred and eighty-three* And if the
said commissioners shall agree in their
’ decision* both parties shall consider such
decision as final and conclusive It is
further agreed* that in the event'of the
*two commissioners differing upon all or
any of the matters so referred to them*,
ofr m the event of both or either of tfie
said commissioners refusing* or defining
or wilfully omitting, to act as such, they
shall make, jointly or Separately, a re
port or reports* as well as to Ihe gov
ernment of His Britannic Majesty as to
that of the United States, stating, m
detail the points on which they differ
and the grounds upon Which their res
peciive opinions have been formed, or;
the grounds upon which they, or .either
of them* have so refused, declined* o>
omitted to act. And his Britannic Ma
jesty, and the government of the Umted
States hereby agree to refer the report
or reports of the said commissioners, to
some friendly sovereign or state , to be
then named for that purpose, and who
shall be requested to decide on the dif-*
ferences. which may be stated in the
said report or reports* or upon the report
of one commissioner, together with the
grounds upon which the other comrnis
sioners shall have refused, declined, or
omitted to act, as the case mav be—
And if the commissioners so refusing,
declining, or omitting to act, shall also
wilfully omit to itate the grounds upon
which they have so done, in such man
ner that the said statement may be re
ferred to such friendly sovereign or
state, together with* the report of such
other cmniissioner, then such sovereign
or state shall decide ex parte upon the
said report silone. And his Britannic
majesty and the government of -he U.
States engage tu consider the decision
,of some friendly sovereign or state to
be such and conclusive on tflp mat
tets so referred..
ARTICLE rttß FIFTH
Whereas neither that point of the
highlands lying due north from
source of the river St Crqix, and desig
nated in the former treaty Os peace \be
ivireen the two p >wers as the northwest
Nova-Scotia now the northwes
ermost head of Connecticut river, v has
yet been ascertained i and whereas that
part of the boundary line between the dy?
minion of the two powers which extends
from the source of the river St. - Cioia
directly north to the above-mentioned
northwest angle of Nova-Scotia* thence
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
westerihost head of Connecticut rivet
thence down along the middle, of that
river to the forty fifth degree of north
latitude ; then by a line due vision said
latitude until it strikes the river Irequois
or Cataraguy, has not yet been survey-;
ed .* It is agreed, that for these several
purposes two Commisatoners shall be
amputated# sworn and authorised, to act
exactly in the manner directed with res
pect to those mentioned in the next pre
ceding article* she said Commissioners
shall meet at St. Andrews, in the pro
vince of New Brunswick, and shall have
power to adjourn to such other place or
places as they shall think fit—-The said
commissioners shall have power to as
certain and determine the points above
mentioned, in conformity with the pro
visions. of the said treaty of peace of one
thousand seven hundred fit eighty-three
and shall cause the boundary aforesaid,’
from the source of the river St. Croix,
10 the river* Iroquois or Cataraguy, to be
surveyed and marked according to tb*
said provis ons. The >ai O uni eo• _r
shall make a map oi t ’>* *wd n V
and annex to it a declaration undei tueir
imads and seals* certifying it to be th.
the true map of the said boundary, and;
particularizing the latitude and longi
tude of thendrthwest angle of Nova-Sco
tia, of the north wester moat head of Con
necticut river, and of such other points
of the said boundary as they may deem
proper. And both parties agree tq con ;
sider such map and declaration, as final
ly and conclusively fixing the said boun
dary* And in the event of the said two?
commissioners differing, or both, or
either of them, refusing or declining, or
wilfully omitting to act. such reports,
declarations or statements, shall be
made by them, on either of them, and
such reference to a friendly sovereign
or state, shall be made,-in all respects
as in the latter part of the fourth at?t;cle
is contained and in as full a manner as
if the same was herein repeated.
‘* . ARTICLE THE. SIXVH. H
V* Whereas.. ( by the former treaty of
peace that portion of the boundary if the
United States from the point where the
forty fifth degree of north latitude
strikes ths river Iroquois or
to the lake Sperior. was declared to be
** along the middle of *fi) river info
*’ lake Ontario, through the commuica
“ tiou by water between that lake and
k * lake Erie, thence along the said com
“ municauon into lake Erie., through
*’ themiddle of said lake until in arrives
k \ dt the watercommunication into the
** lake Huron, thence through the mid* *
kl die of said lake to the water cotnmu
“ nicatioa between that lake and lake
“ Superior And whereas doubts have
arisen what was the middle of said ri
vers, lakes and communications)
and whether ceartain islands .lying lit
the same were within the dominions
ot his Britannic majesty or of the Uni
ted States : In order therefore,- finally
to decide these doubts, they shall be
referred to two commissioners, to he
appointed, sworn and authorised to act
exactly in the maqner directed with
respect to thore mentioned in the next
P l ’f c ® c^ n & article, unless otherwise spe
cified in the present arftcle. The said
Commissioners shall meet, in the first
instance, at Alb ny in state of New-
York, and shall have power to adlourn
m such place or places as they J ,haU
think fit: The said/ Commissioners
shall, by a report or declaration; under
their hands and seals* designate the
boundary through
and water communications, and decide
to which of the two contracting parties
the several islands lying withjn SB* rU H
vers, lakes and water communications
do respectively belong, in conformity
With the of the said . treaty
of ope th<3reand seven hundred, and
eighty-three. M And both parties agree
to consider sush designation or decision
as.final. and. conclusive. r And . in the
. vent of the said two eoramissiopers dif
fering or wilfully omitting t,o act,
reports declarations or statements, shall
he, made by thespi or eihen of them, and
*uch reference to a friendly sovereign
or state shall be made in all respects a$L
in-the latter part of the fourth article is*
contained, and in as full a manner as if*
the same was berem repeated*
ARTICLE MB SEVENTH.
It is further agreed that the saidi.jtwo
last men ioned commissioneiw* after
they shall have executed the duties as
signed them in the preceding article. :
fkaft be# and they are hereby authorisatk,
upon their oaths impartially to fix and
determine, according to ‘he true intent
of the said treaty of peace, of one thou
fnd seven hundred and
that part of the boundary between the
dominions of the two powers, which ex*,
tends from the Water communication,
lake Huron and lake
to the most porth western point of thoT
lake ot the Woodiii to decide to
of the two parties the several Xslauds „
lying tn the lakes, water communicatt*.
ons and risers, forming the said boon*
daryf do respectively belong! in conform
inily with- the true intent of the said’
treaty Os peate* of one thousand seven 1
nundred and eightydhreC j 8c to cause ’
such parts of the said said boundary, as J
require to be surveyed and marked. %
ihe said commissioners shall, by a re- *
port or declaration, under their hand**
and seals* designate the boundary afore
said, state their decision on the points-*
thus referred to them, and particularize
the latitude and longitude of most 7
north western point of the lake of thuL
Woods, and such other parts of the 1
said boundary as they may deem pro*,
per And both parties agree to cpnsU
der such designation and decision as fi-fe
•*al and conclusive. And, in the event ’
of the said two commissioners differ*”
»ng, or both, or either ofthem
uocUmng or JnftjjjlyS omitting tfk.atw*
.such reports, declarations* or statements* 1
NO tVII.