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 3](`) PUBLIC TREATIES. Anrrcrn V. Papers of the It is agreed thatfrom the date of the erchange of the ratitications of °°“'“‘l“i°“· the present convention, the joint commission appointed under the said convention of St. Petersbnrgh, of the twelfth ot 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 authorized on the part of the United States to receive the same. And the British Commissioner shall make over to such person or persons, so authorized, all the documents and papers (or authenticated copies of the same, where the originals cannot conveniently be made over) relating to claims under the said convention, which he may have received from his Government for the use of the said commission, conformably to the stipulations contained in the third article of the said convention. Anrrcrn VI. Rmncntions. The present convention shall be ratided, and the ratiiications shall be exchanged in London, in six months from this date, or sooner if ssible. Signatures. Poln witness whereof the Plenipotentiaries aforesaid, by virtue of their respective full powers, have signed the same, and have affixed thereunto the seals of their arms. Date. Done at London this thirteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six. ALBERT GALLATIN. [L. s.] WILLIAM HUSKISSON. [L. s.} HENRY UN WIN ADDLNGTCN. [L. S.] GREAT BRITAIN, 1827. August 5, ]337_ CONVENTION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HIS -—-—————— BRITANNIC MAJESTY, CONTINUOUS TO CONVENTION OF OCTOBER 20. 1818. RELATIVE TO TERRITORY ON NORTHWEST COAST WEST OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, CONCLUDEI) AT LONDON AUGUST 6, 1827; RATIFICATION ADVISED BY SENATE FEBRUARY 5. 1828; RATIFIED BY PRESIDENT FEB- RUARY 21, 1828; RATIFICATIONS EXCHANGED AT LONDON APRIL 2, 1828; PROCLAIMED MAY 15, 1828. Contracting par- The United States of America and His Majesty the King of the ms- 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 on the northwest coast of [Sm Article HI America, west of the Stoney or Rocky Mountains, after the expiration oonvonnion o} of the third article of the convention concluded between them on the 1818, p.299.] twentieth 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 a temporary renewal of the said article, that is to say: Negotiators. The President of the United States·of America, Albert Gallatin, their ‘ Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Britannick Majesty; and His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Right Honourable Charles Grant, a member of his said Majesty’s Most Honourable Privy Council, a. member of Parliament, and Vice-President of the Committee of Privy Council for Affairs téf Trade and Foreign Plantations, and Henry Unwin Addington, squire; 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: