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and the Right Honourable Charles Grant and Henry Unwin Adding. ton, Esquire, on the part of their respective governments.

A Convention between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

The United States of America and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being equally desirous to prevent, as far as possible, all hazard of misunderstanding between the two nations with respect to the territory of the Northwest Coast of America, west of the Stony or Rocky Mountains, after the expiration of the third article of the Convention concluded between them on the 20th of October, 1818; and, also, with a view to give further time for maturing measures which shall have for their object a more definite settlement of the claims of each party to the said territory, have respectively named their plenipotentiaries, to treat and agree concerning a temporary renewal of the said article.

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in case either should think fit, at any time after the 20th of October, 1828, on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such nulled and abrogated, after the excase, be accordingly entirely an. piration of the said term of notice.

ARTICLE III.

Nothing contained in this Convention, or in the third article of the Convention of the 20th of October, 1818, hereby continued in force, shall be construed to impair, or in any manner affect, the claims which either of the contracting parties may have to any part of the country westward of the Stony or Rocky Mountains.

ARTICLE IV.

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Charles Grant, and Henry Unwin Addington, Esquire, on the part of their respective governments.

A Convention between the United States of America, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and

Ireland.

The United States of America, and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, being desirous of continuing in force the existing commercial regulations between the two countries, which are contained in the Convention concluded between them on the 3d of July, 1815, and further renewed by the fourth article of the Convention of the 20th October, 1818, have, for that purpose, named their respective plenipotentiaries; 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 fol. lowing articles.

ARTICLE 1.

All the provisions of the Convention concluded between the United States of America and his Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, on the 3d of July, 1815, and further continued for the term of ten years by the fourth article of the Convention of the 20th October, 1818, with the exception therein contained, as to St. Helena, are hereby further in. definitely, and without the said exception, extended and continued in force, from the date of the expira. tion of the said ten years, in the same manner as if all the provisions of the same Convention of the 3d

of July, 1815, were herein specifically recited.

ARTICLE II.

It shall be competent, however, to either of the contracting parties, in case either should think fit, at any time after the expiration of the said ten years—that is, after the 20th of October, 1828-on giving due notice of twelve months to the other contracting party, to annul and abrogate this Convention; and it shall, in such case, be accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice.

ARTICLE III.

The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged in nine months, or sooner, if possible.

In witness whereof, the respec

tive plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have fixed thereto the seals of their

arms.

Done at London, the sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven.

[L. S.] [L. S.]

ALBERT GALLATIN.
CHARLES Grant.
HENRY UNWIN ADDINGTON. [L. S.

The said Convention, and the respective ratifications of the same, were exchanged at London on the second day of April, one thousand eight hundred and twenty-eight, by William Beach Lawrence, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States of America at the Court of his Bri. tannic Majesty, and the Right Honourable Charles Grant and Henry Unwin Addington, Esquire, on the part of their respective governments.

A Convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation, between the United States of America, and the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, The United States of America, on the one part, and the Republic and Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck, the Republic and Free Han. seatic City of Bremen, and the Republic and Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, (each state for itself separately,) on the other part, being desirous to give greater fa. cility to their commercial intercourse, and to place the privileges of their navigation on a basis of the most extended liberality, have resolved to fix, in a manner clear, distinct, and positive, the rules which shall be observed between

the one and the other, by means of a convention of friendship, commerce, and navigation,

For the attainment of this most

desirable object, the President of the United States of America has conferred full powers on Henry Clay, their Secretary of State; and the senate of the Republic and free Hanseatic City of Lubeck, the senate of the Republic and free Hanseatic City of Bremen, and the senate of the Republic and free Hanseatic City of Hamburg, have conferred full powers on Vincent Rumpff, their Minister Plenipoten. tiary near the United State of Ame. rica, who, after having exchanged their said full powers, found in due and proper form, have agreed to the following articles:

ARTICLE I.

The contracting parties agree, that, whatever kind of produce, manufacture, or merchandise, of any foreign country, can be, from time to time, lawfully imported into The United States, in their own ves

sels, may be also imported in ves. sels of the said free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg, and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel, shall be levied or collected, whether the importa. tion be made in vessels of the United States, or of either of the said Hanseatic Republics. And, in like manner, that whatever kind of pro, duce, manufacture, or merchandise, time to time, lawfully imported into of any foreign country, can be, from

either of the said Hanseatic Re

publics, in its own vessels, may be also imported in vessels of the United States; and that no higher or other duties upon the tonnage or cargo of the vessel, shall be levied or collected, whether the importation be made in vessels of the one party, or of the other. And they further agree, that, whatever may be lawfully exported, or re-expor. ted, by one party, in its own ves sels, to any foreign country, may, in like manner, be exported or re. exported in the vessels of the other party. And the same bounties, duties, and drawbacks, shall be al lowed and collected, whether such exportation or re-exportation be made in vessels of the one party, or of the other. Nor shall higher, or other charges, of any kind, be imposed in the ports of the one party, on vessels of the other, than are, or shall be, payable in the same ports by national vessels.

ARTICLE FI.

No higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation, into the United States, of any article, the produce or manufacture of the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, and Hamburg; and no higher or other duties shall be imposed on the importation, into

either of the said republics, of any article, the produce or manufac. ture of the United States, than are, or shall be, payable on the like article, being the produce or manufacture of any other foreign country; nor shall any other, or higher duties or charges, be imposed by either party on the exportation of any articles to the United States, or to the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, respectively, than such as are, or shall be, payable on the exportation of the like articles to any other foreign country; nor shall any prohibition be imposed on the importation or exportation of any article, the produce or manufacture of the United States, or of the free Han. seatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, to, or from, the ports of the United States, or to, or from, the ports of the other party, which shall not equally extend to all other nations.

ARTICLE III.

No priority or preference shall be given, directly or indirectly, by any or either of the contracting parties, nor by any company, cor. poration, or agent, acting on their behalf, or under their authority, in the purchase of any article, the growth, produce, or manufacture, of their states, respectively, imported into the other, on account of, or in reference to, the character of the vessel, whether it be of the one party or the other, in which such article was imported; it being the true intent and meaning of the contracting parties, that no distinction or difference whatever shall be made in this respect.

ARTICLE IV.

In consideration of the limited extent of the territories of the Re. publics of Lubeck, Bremen, and

Hamburg, and of the intimate connexion of trade and navigation subsisting between these republics, it is hereby stipulated and agreed, that any vessel which shall be owned exclusively by a citizen or citizens of any or either of them, and of which the master shall also be a citizen of any or either of them, and provided three fourths of the crew shall be citizens or subjects of any or either of the said republics, or of any or either of the states of the confederation of Germany, such vessel, so owned and navigated, shall, for all the purposes of this Convention, be taken to be, and considered as, a vessel belonging to Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg.

ARTICLE V.

Any vessel, together with her cargo, belonging to either of the free Hanseatic Republics of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, and coming from either of the said ports to the United States, shall, for all purposes of this Convention, be deemed to have cleared from the republic to which such vessel belongs; although, in fact, it may not have been the one from which she departed; and any vessel of the United States, and her cargo, trading to the ports of Lubeck, Bremen, or Hamburg, directly, or in succession, shall, for the like pur. poses, be on the footing of a Hanseatic vessel, and her cargo, making the same voyage.

ARTICLE IV.

It is likewise agreed that it shall be wholly free for all merchants, commanders of ships, and other citizens of both parties, to manage, themselves, their own business, in all the ports and places subject to the jurisdiction of each other, as well with respect to the consign.

ment and sale of their goods and merchandise, by wholesale or retail, as with respect to the loading, unloading, and sending off their ships; submitting themselves to the laws, decrees and usages there established, to which native citi. zens are subjected; they being, in all these cases, to be treated as citizens of the republic in which they reside, or at least to be placed on a footing with the citizens or subjects of the most favoured nation.

ARTICLE VII.

The citizens of each of the contracting parties shall have power to dispose of their personal goods, within the jurisdiction of the other, by sale, donation, testament, or otherwise; and their representatives, being citizens of the other party, shall succeed to their said personal goods, whether by testa ment or ab intestato, and they may take possession thereof, either by themselves or others acting for them, and dispose of the same at their will, paying such dues only as the inhabitants of the country wherein said goods are, shall be subject to pay in like cases: and if, in the case of real estate, the said heirs would be prevented from entering into the possession of the inheritance on account of their character of aliens, there shall be granted to them the term of three years to dispose of the same, as they may think proper, and to withdraw the proceeds without molestation, and exempt from all duties of detraction on the part of the government of the respective

states.

ARTICLE VIII.

Both the contracting parties promise and engage, formally, to give their special protection to the

persons and property of the citi zens of each other, of all occupa. tions, who may be in the territories subject to the jurisdiction of the one or the other, transient, or dwelling therein, leaving open and free to them the tribunals of justice for their judicial recourse, on the same terms which are usual and customary with the natives or citizens of the country in which they may be; for which they may employ, in defence of their rights, such ad. vocates, solicitors, notaries, agents, and factors, as they may judge proper, in all their trials at law; and such citizens or agents shall have as free opportunity as native citizens to be present at the deci. sions and sentences of the tribu nals, in all cases which may concern them; and likewise at the taking of all examinations and evi. dence which may be exhibited in the said trials.

ARTICLE IX.

The contracting parties, desiring to live in peace and harmony with all the other nations of the earth, by means of a policy, frank, and equally friendly with all, engage mutually not to grant any particular favour to other nations, in respect of commerce and navigation, which shall not immediately become common to the other party, who shall enjoy the same freely, if the concession was freely made, or on allowing the same compensation, if the concession was con. ditional.

ARTICLE X.

The present Convention shall be in force for the term of twelve years, from the date hereof; and, further, until the end of twelve months after the government of the United States, on the one part, or the free Hanseatic Republics of

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